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Interesting; working at a company with a fairly high degree of psychological safety there is almost no heavy political fighting on Slack or other communication
by tcbasche 5y ago
Interesting; working at a company with a fairly high degree of psychological safety there is almost no heavy political fighting on Slack or other communication channels (except for the odd comment here or there). There is a high degree of focus on completing actual work and a level of professional behaviour that arguments like these would be very out of place. This is probably due to the size of the org; maybe with more people there would be higher levels of discussion overall and therefore more political chitchat; but I couldn't see it devolving into the bowels of Twitter...
I feel like a productive and healthy work culture basically eliminates the toxic discourse that can run rampant on Slack (I've seen it before; it led to the organisation banning Slack entirely!) and by having a safe workplace you wouldn't even need to mandate the removal of political or societal discussion.
To me this signals that there is a wider problem within the organisation and I'm not sure banning anything will change it.
- randomsearch 5y agoIs your company remote or in-person? Because I think the problems that Basecamp might have been having (reading between the lines on twitter) is more likely to occur when people do not have to face each other on a daily basis.
- tcbasche 5y agoIt’s in-person but now a mix. That’s interesting because I think after a few months into the pandemic while being totally remote, I noticed an increase in confrontational behaviour... I wonder if that disconnect means it’s easier to forget you’re talking to a real person.
- lindy2021 5y agoBasecamp founders openly appease political activists: https://twitter.com/dhh/status/1350091751789375490 https://twitter.com/dhh/status/1350091751789375490 Not surprising they've run into workplace toxicity.