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I worked at two Fortune 250s (both publicly listed) in completely different industries. Both had antitrust training for all corporate employees not just leader

by wenc 5y ago

I worked at two Fortune 250s (both publicly listed) in completely different industries. Both had antitrust training for all corporate employees not just leadership. I believe —but have no data—that this is common among publicly listed companies.

Supermancho 5y ago
The discussion hasn't been circling back to "all big corps have this kind of training" in a more general sense, but in a more specific one. There's antitrust training and there's ANY training that says "never use these words", which are wildly different.
- seanmcdirmid 5y ago
  Is there any big corp that doesn’t do “never use these words” training? “We are going to crush the competition” has been taboo in emails since the mid 1990s. Not to mention a lot of words that should be avoided for sensitivity reasons.
  - Supermancho 5y ago
    > Is there any big corp that doesn’t do “never use these words” training? As I stated I've never seen it, in the context of anti-trust. If your company has to have that in literature, they are already skirting and it's just a matter of time.
    - seanmcdirmid 5y ago
      All the companies are buying pretty much the same training units from the same set of providers. If you haven't experienced personally at the American office in the big corp you claim to work out, I'm not sure what to tell you.
      - Supermancho 5y ago
        > If you haven't experienced personally at the American office in the big corp you claim to work out, I'm not sure what to tell you. It's disingenuous to continue to move the goalpost out to a more general scenario than what birthed the thread. Re-read the specific issue at hand. You can go to the companies mentioned and there is no anti-trust training, for developers (of any level) that covers what phrases or words you can say. Whatever "generalized training" you are handwaving about does not contradict that fact. GL with whatever.

by wenc 5y ago

Supermancho 5y ago

The discussion hasn't been circling back to "all big corps have this kind of training" in a more general sense, but in a more specific one. There's antitrust training and there's ANY training that says "never use these words", which are wildly different.

seanmcdirmid 5y ago
Is there any big corp that doesn’t do “never use these words” training? “We are going to crush the competition” has been taboo in emails since the mid 1990s. Not to mention a lot of words that should be avoided for sensitivity reasons.
- Supermancho 5y ago
  > Is there any big corp that doesn’t do “never use these words” training? As I stated I've never seen it, in the context of anti-trust. If your company has to have that in literature, they are already skirting and it's just a matter of time.
  - seanmcdirmid 5y ago
    All the companies are buying pretty much the same training units from the same set of providers. If you haven't experienced personally at the American office in the big corp you claim to work out, I'm not sure what to tell you.
    - Supermancho 5y ago
      > If you haven't experienced personally at the American office in the big corp you claim to work out, I'm not sure what to tell you. It's disingenuous to continue to move the goalpost out to a more general scenario than what birthed the thread. Re-read the specific issue at hand. You can go to the companies mentioned and there is no anti-trust training, for developers (of any level) that covers what phrases or words you can say. Whatever "generalized training" you are handwaving about does not contradict that fact. GL with whatever.