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> Hansson’s response to this employee took aback many of the workers I spoke with. He dug through old chat logs to find a time when the employee in question par
by dustinmoris 5y ago
> Hansson’s response to this employee took aback many of the workers I spoke with. He dug through old chat logs to find a time when the employee in question participated in a discussion about a customer with a funny-sounding name. Hansson posted the message — visible to the entire company — and dismissed the substance of the employee’s complaint.
This is not how any leader should behave. It's a childish passive aggressive bullying power move by the most powerful person at a company. It's disrespectful to that employee by the person at the top of the ladder. That sends waves of signals to everyone else and that alone to me would be a reason for DHH to resign because how are employees supposed to work respectfully with each other if their leader is so openly disrespecting another employee who is in a huge power imbalance to him.
That's extremely poor behaviour to say the least.
- snapcrackpop 5y agoAt first I thought the same as you. But, after reading the OP, his response doesn't doesn't seem as bad as it was made out to be. IMHO.
- dnissley 5y agoYeah, that didn't come off as dismissive in the least. It's a thoughtful ~500 word response.
- dudul 5y agoYou should read the original text pasted in DHH's post. I read it twice and I have no clue how the text can be described as such, or prompt a visit to HR.
- mempko 5y agoAnd yet there was a prompt visit to HR. The text is also clearly redacted, so we actually don't know what the original said.
- malwarebytess 5y agoYes, because the histrionic employee decided to do it. HR, external lawyers, dismissed it. Having read the letter they reported it's clear the employee is fucking nuts.
- apple4ever 5y agoIt sure is, which I believe is why they decided to implement this policy. They realized even they can get dragged down into toxic behavior (name calling and accusing others of bad behavior publicly). Its better to eliminate the possibility altogether.