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1/3 of the staff that believes in things like that the “It doesn’t have to be crazy at work” title is ableist (see the Jane Yang post). Even when refers to a si

by nomdep 5y ago

1/3 of the staff that believes in things like that the “It doesn’t have to be crazy at work” title is ableist (see the Jane Yang post). Even when refers to a situation and not to a person. How radicalized you have to be to lose your capacity for critical thinking like that? If anything, Basecamp is a much better place to work now, without them

seppin 5y ago
> toxic people. I continue to be amazed how strong the options of people who have no real insight into any of this continue to be.
ummonk 5y ago
People don’t have to all agree with the Jane Yang post to hate the new policy and decide to leave.
- nomdep 5y ago
  She mentions that it was one of the complaints that were ignored
- papito 5y ago
  They did away with peer reviews and somehow that is a bad thing too, if I read others on Twitter. It would be a serious notch against me taking a job if I knew I had to write a peer review. Stupidest corporate shit ever.
55555 5y ago
Do you have a link to the ableist controversy? I havent seen that.
- fastball 5y ago
  https://janeyang.org/2021/04/27/an-open-letter-to-jason-and-david/ https://janeyang.org/2021/04/27/an-open-letter-to-jason-and-... https://breen.tech/post/cringe-camp/ https://breen.tech/post/cringe-camp/
acjohnson55 5y ago
I used to use the word "crazy" all the time, until it became apparent to me that it's not particularly kind to use a word that primarily exists to disparage severely mentally ill people. There's no positive way in modern English to call a person "crazy". As a younger person, I made a similar change regarding my use of the word "retarded" to refer to situations I thought were nonsensical or illogical. I'm now embarrassed to have used that word so thoughtlessly, even though it was pointed out many times that it was an unkind thing to do. Call it radicalism if you want, but I think it's just a matter of stepping back and reevaluating behaviors I took for granted. You know, literal critical thinking. We're not yet at the point where people look at the word "crazy" as being wildly inappropriate in the same way as "retarded", but I think it's completely reasonable for people to raise the point that putting it in the title of a book that represents the whole company is not a good idea. You're fooling yourself if you think Basecamp will be improved by losing 1/3 of its staff, including some department heads and long-tenured employees, as well as its nearly universally positive reputation.

by nomdep 5y ago

seppin 5y ago

> toxic people. I continue to be amazed how strong the options of people who have no real insight into any of this continue to be.

ummonk 5y ago

People don’t have to all agree with the Jane Yang post to hate the new policy and decide to leave.

nomdep 5y ago
She mentions that it was one of the complaints that were ignored
papito 5y ago
They did away with peer reviews and somehow that is a bad thing too, if I read others on Twitter. It would be a serious notch against me taking a job if I knew I had to write a peer review. Stupidest corporate shit ever.

55555 5y ago

Do you have a link to the ableist controversy? I havent seen that.

fastball 5y ago
https://janeyang.org/2021/04/27/an-open-letter-to-jason-and-david/ https://janeyang.org/2021/04/27/an-open-letter-to-jason-and-... https://breen.tech/post/cringe-camp/ https://breen.tech/post/cringe-camp/

acjohnson55 5y ago

I used to use the word "crazy" all the time, until it became apparent to me that it's not particularly kind to use a word that primarily exists to disparage severely mentally ill people. There's no positive way in modern English to call a person "crazy". As a younger person, I made a similar change regarding my use of the word "retarded" to refer to situations I thought were nonsensical or illogical. I'm now embarrassed to have used that word so thoughtlessly, even though it was pointed out many times that it was an unkind thing to do. Call it radicalism if you want, but I think it's just a matter of stepping back and reevaluating behaviors I took for granted. You know, literal critical thinking. We're not yet at the point where people look at the word "crazy" as being wildly inappropriate in the same way as "retarded", but I think it's completely reasonable for people to raise the point that putting it in the title of a book that represents the whole company is not a good idea. You're fooling yourself if you think Basecamp will be improved by losing 1/3 of its staff, including some department heads and long-tenured employees, as well as its nearly universally positive reputation.