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"No politics" means "no partisan identity activism on the clock" like asking a company to get involved in "Black Lives Matters", taking positions about the war
by throw_m239339 4y ago
"No politics" means "no partisan identity activism on the clock" like asking a company to get involved in "Black Lives Matters", taking positions about the war in Ukraine beyond nationwide sanctions, or displaying a rainbow flag during "pride month".
Lobbying politicians further the interests of the company obviously doesn't count.
- babyshake 4y agoMaybe I've just drank too much of the kool aid, but it seems that prohibiting things like the equivalent of wearing a rainbow pride shirt or Ukraine flag pin is too much. If you don't want politics - or for that matter, discussing the latest Marvel movie trailer - to distract from company business, then why not just make that you policy instead of banning politics?
- calculatte 4y agoPeople don't generally get into fights, go on strike, or demand violence against other parties over a marvel movie trailer.
- ramesh31 4y ago>"No politics" means "no partisan identity activism on the clock" like asking a company to get involved in "Black Lives Matters", taking positions about the war in Ukraine beyond nationwide sanctions, or displaying a rainbow flag during "pride month". Nah. "No politics" simply means "no politics I disagree with".
- wpietri 4y agoQuite a lot of companies think that things like civil rights are good for their businesses, and so support them. They see themselves as furthering the interests of the company. So here "no politics" appears to mean "only the politics that the CEO personally likes". Which, fine, CEOs can do that. But that doesn't mean that people can't point out the hypocrisy of a "no politics" stand that doesn't actually mean "no politics". Which I think is always the case with "no politics" stands, really. It's a way for powerful ingroups to deny that outgroup issues should even be discussed.