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They said-- We don't care what you think about the impact of our poor decisions. We don't care what you think about diversity and inclusion. We don't want to
by dbt00 5y ago
They said--
We don't care what you think about the impact of our poor decisions.
We don't care what you think about diversity and inclusion.
We don't want to be a workplace that cares about your health or wellbeing.
And we are going to escalate any disagreement until you shut the fuck up.
A third of the company (and counting) has decided that this sucks and is leaving.
I'm not calling this an extremist plot. In fact, I think it's the exact opposite of a plot, hence "on a bender". I think this is someone who got angry at work, had the power to win a debate by fiat, and exercised that power, and is now learning the cost of that Pyrrhic victory.
> If someone wanted to come into work channels and constantly tell people about their religion
The conversations inside Basecamp weren't about that at all, so I'm not sure why you raise this example. They were about the way the workplace had been run and citing the shortcomings of those decisions.
- skinkestek 5y ago> We don't care [...] Well, this might be contrarian but if I worked for DHH I might very well prefer this situation. In fact I feel like I've been in and out of situations and I tend to prefer clear command chains: I do what I am told and those under me do what they are told. The military is a perfect good example as is certain companies. Maybe twice (including a decade ago and now) have I experienced self organizing teams that worked.
- ZephyrBlu 5y agoThis is a very twisted and biased account of what happened. Nowhere did DHH or Jason state or directly imply these things.
- refulgentis 5y agoI find it refreshing that you'd defend my right to make grand sweeping blog posts about the mighty weight on my shoulders, telling my employees what they can't talk about, and then in the next post I'm reposting long screeds from an internal message board of me picking on an employee and plaintively playing for the readers approval
- jimbokun 5y agoThey said absolutely none of that, unless you have quotes I haven’t seen.
- imgabe 5y agoAnd a lot of people don’t need or want a workplace to “care about their wellbeing”. A job is not your mommy and daddy, they are not there to take care of you. They pay you money to provide a service. You should be able to take care of your own wellbeing like a normal adult.