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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26266902 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26266902 ;) Intel from the ground in Atlanta is that a person in the article
by lwigo 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26266902 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26266902 ;)
Intel from the ground in Atlanta is that a person in the article is trying to milk it a bit. I cannot confirm myself, though.
I will say after doing a couple phone interviews with them recently, they make it extremely clear they are working heavily on D&I initiatives and creating a "non bro" "no asshole" culture. That is to say, some changes might already be in motion.
- TheRealDunkirk 6y agoI promise I did a search. Sorry. In my 50+ years of watching, I've come to the conclusion that an organization's culture is the same as its leadership. They're the same thing. This, I don't believe you can _fundamentally_ change an organization's culture without changing its leaders.
- simplemike 6y agoFormer MailChimper (back when it was still camelcase). I was also promoted to a management position in Engineering. I knew all the people in this story. While I didn't know about Alejandra's harassment in particular, I believe her. The culture there would make something like this very easy. Mailchimp's management has ZERO accountability. HR does not investigate complaints. Lots of politics and brown-nosing. I attempted to escalate concerns with other managers to leadership and HR several times to no avail. Come promotion time, I was explicitly told I wasn't moving up because I raised concerns. I wasn't the only person to suffer this type of retaliation. Check Glassdoor. Check Blind. Check out tweets from other employees: https://twitter.com/johnthebeeler/status/1365073605923663872 https://twitter.com/johnthebeeler/status/1365073605923663872 Upper management knew about this stuff for years and didn't act. EDIT: Removed some names.