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> It’s just not practical to allow 3,000 people to customize their pronouns > That same day, he invited employees to join him in a Slack channel called “debate
by sometimesjerks 4y ago
> It’s just not practical to allow 3,000 people to customize their pronouns
> That same day, he invited employees to join him in a Slack channel called “debate-pronouns” where he suggested that people use pronouns based not on their gender identity but their sex at birth
Seriously? Why does the CEO care so much about gender in the workplace? People should be able to come to work and get their job done while not worrying about others mis-gendering them or trying to "scientifically prove" that gender identity isn't a thing. It's a pronoun... it takes zero-effort to address someone the correct way.
- duxup 4y agoIt’s kinda interesting how it is described as libertarian, but they seem happy to tell some folks what they can’t do, say, etc.
- tootie 4y agoSlack literally has an OOTB feature to let people set their pronouns: https://slack.com/help/articles/1500011115781-Manage-pronoun-and-name-pronunciation-display-for-member-profiles https://slack.com/help/articles/1500011115781-Manage-pronoun...
- tessierashpool 4y agoit's just not practical to allow 3000 people to customize their usernames. it's just not practical to allow 3000 people to set their emoji to an avocado to indicate that they're at lunch. it's just not practical to allow 3000 people to give us a little green dot which indicates when they're online and available for discussions.
- fatnoah 4y ago>Seriously? Why does the CEO care so much about gender in the workplace? Seriously, if people want to be identified as [X], why is it such a big deal? My only ask would be to plead for patience while I adjust my own thinking to catch up. It's not that big a deal. If we can deal with people changing names when they get married, we can deal with simply referring to people in a way that they desire.