> I think what basecamp is experiencing is what can still happen even though you as a manager believed you managed it well. But it doesn't really matter if the

> I think what basecamp is experiencing is what can still happen even though you as a manager believed you managed it well. But it doesn't really matter if the manager (or owner) believes they handled it well. It matters if the employees thought it was handled well. In the case at least a third of them didn't. Even putting aside the substance of the no politics policy, the delivery and crafting of it was terrible. There was a DEI committee, and it and all other committees were unilaterally dismissed. The no politics rule was decided with zero employee input. And worse than that it was delivered via public blog post that had to be hastily edited after the fact. Had DHH and Fried carefully taken employee input and crafted a policy that took their concerns into account, and delivered with care and respect, they could've still ended up with a no politics policy. But employees would not have been blindsided and maybe more people would've bought in. But maybe DHH and Fried really want a company culture devoid of significant employee input into how the company is run.