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I'm not sure about that, after knowing people at Google who had to sit through HR bullshit like "how to respect your direct reports who sexually identify as Oth

I'm not sure about that, after knowing people at Google who had to sit through HR bullshit like "how to respect your direct reports who sexually identify as Otherkin" the notion of a workplace with a hardline stance on none of this bullshit at work sounds highly appealing. Yes this new policy will cause some devs to avoid Basecamp. But there are many many devs who are sick and tired of woke culture infecting their workplaces who will likely flock to Basecamp and other such companies with similar policies.

KittenInABox 5y ago
> after knowing people at Google who had to sit through HR bullshit like "how to respect your direct reports who sexually identify as Otherkin" Do you have sources for this, or anonymous blogs? Because I'd be concerned what "like" means here. It's obviously not literally this, otherwise it'd the word 'literal'. But to me, the ambiguity can be read (in bad faith) as "I think LGBTQ identities, broadly, are bullshit, and I shouldn't respect a direct report who identifies as bisexual, it's as ridiculous as someone who is believes they're a wolf sexually". A little bit of disambiguity would do a long way here, as I genuinely can't tell if this is someone who thinks asexuals, bisexuals, etc. are bullshit not worth respecting (aka, a place of ignorance of the speaker), or if Google is literally saying that unheard-of sexual identities are part of its HR policies (which I've never heard of and would love to know to avoid working at Google in the future.)
- blacktriangle 5y ago
  I'm not going to out a friend who still works there, but yes I did see phone pictures of a power point presentation literally mentioning "Otherkin." Although I'm also just some random stranger on the internet, so take this post as you will.
  - KittenInABox 5y ago
    Thanks for clarifying! that sounds pretty pants-on-head.

KittenInABox 5y ago

> after knowing people at Google who had to sit through HR bullshit like "how to respect your direct reports who sexually identify as Otherkin" Do you have sources for this, or anonymous blogs? Because I'd be concerned what "like" means here. It's obviously not literally this, otherwise it'd the word 'literal'. But to me, the ambiguity can be read (in bad faith) as "I think LGBTQ identities, broadly, are bullshit, and I shouldn't respect a direct report who identifies as bisexual, it's as ridiculous as someone who is believes they're a wolf sexually". A little bit of disambiguity would do a long way here, as I genuinely can't tell if this is someone who thinks asexuals, bisexuals, etc. are bullshit not worth respecting (aka, a place of ignorance of the speaker), or if Google is literally saying that unheard-of sexual identities are part of its HR policies (which I've never heard of and would love to know to avoid working at Google in the future.)

blacktriangle 5y ago
I'm not going to out a friend who still works there, but yes I did see phone pictures of a power point presentation literally mentioning "Otherkin." Although I'm also just some random stranger on the internet, so take this post as you will.
- KittenInABox 5y ago
  Thanks for clarifying! that sounds pretty pants-on-head.