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I previously worked at a very large popular progressive startup. Of hundreds of slack channels one of the few that was private was the "Diversity, equity, and
by hyperhopper 3y ago
I previously worked at a very large popular progressive startup.
Of hundreds of slack channels one of the few that was private was the "Diversity, equity, and *inclusion*" channel.
The fact that it's behind closed doors is all you need to know.
- seattle_spring 3y agoThis reminds me of the people who heard that companies like Facebook have a Trust and Safety engineering team, and said something along the lines of: > They’re engineering Trust and manufacturing a facade of safety. The fact that these teams exist is all you need to know. When, in fact, Trust and Safety is an extremely common department for larger organizations to have, and it deals with ensuring the platform is safe and trustworthy. In your case, I wouldn’t at all be surprised that the channel was for DEI volunteers to coordinate events or something along those lines.
- CoastalCoder 3y ago> The fact that it's behind closed doors is all you need to know. I'm one of the least likely persons to defend DEI initiatives. But I could imagine legit reasons for certain DEI channels to be private. E.g., if they're used to discuss potential HR responses to employee complaints.
- prepend 3y agoIs a DEI channel the appropriate place to discuss HR complaints? Wouldn’t HR have a place for that so any surfaced in a DEI channel would be directed to HR. There’s a lot more to DEI than potential complaints and limiting inclusion just to protect that small percentage seems counterproductive.
- CoastalCoder 3y ago> Is a DEI channel the appropriate place to discuss HR complaints? Wouldn’t HR have a place for that so any surfaced in a DEI channel would be directed to HR. It's certainly plausible. FWIW, I wasn't sure that the aforementioned DEI channel had a good reason for being private. I was just responding to the "that's all I need to know" assertion.
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