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Why do companies fear loud Twitter mobs or small groups of vocal activist employees? These companies can simply ignore them or fire them if they aren’t doing th
by throwawaysea 5y ago
Why do companies fear loud Twitter mobs or small groups of vocal activist employees? These companies can simply ignore them or fire them if they aren’t doing their job. It is best for tech companies to be politically neutral. After all, half the country and much of the world don’t hold progressive Bay Area views. Serving and representing them is just as important and employees need to maturely deal with it or quit.
- angelzen 5y agoA legal precedent was set by González v. Abercrombie & Fitch. Being seen on the wrong side of the diversity issue becomes a legal liability that everybody avoids. Issues that everybody avoids morph into cultural dogma via groupthink. The role of Twitter mobs is to buildup and maintain pressure, which, at the very least, raises the concrete risk of legal damages. See, for example, the recent Tesla $137M discrimination verdict. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abercrombie_%26_Fitch#Employment_practices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abercrombie_%26_Fitch#Employme... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalez_v._Abercrombie_%26_Fitch_Stores,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalez_v._Abercrombie_%26_Fi....
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoExpanding on the question, what are good examples of angry Twitter mobs that ended up costing companies a lot of money? (With or without the legal system being the source of those losses.)