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step 1 of crisis management - become the victim

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
While yes, frequently this is true, there are a lot of unhinged people that will make death/bomb threats against people/organizations they have beef with. Most of the time, these threats are completely meaningless with no intent of follow-through. But can you take that chance?
- Nullabillity 3y ago
  There are a lot of rich people that believe they have impunity to screw over whoever they want to with no repercussions. Solve that, and the rest of the problem goes away.
  - olliej 3y ago
    And obviously the employees and engineers working on unity made the choice about these policies, right?
- prepend 3y ago
  > While yes, frequently this is true, there are a lot of unhinged people that will make death/bomb threats against people/organizations they have beef with. This is why crisis management firms recommend step one so frequently. It works.
- aaron695 3y ago
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- throwaway5959 3y ago
  They allege that there were bomb threats.
pipeline_peak 3y ago
step 1 of running a business - keep your employees safe
- Kerb_ 3y ago
  If that were true we wouldn't have needed to make OSHA
  - pipeline_peak 3y ago
    I didn’t say everyone follows step 1
olliej 3y ago
Are you saying that they made up the calls? Or that they made the calls themselves?
- prepend 3y ago
  It’s really impossible to know unless the cops arrest the people who made the threats and get a conviction. I think it’s much more likely they the threats are overblown to benefit Unity from a PR perspective than that anyone is actually planning violence against Unity employees.
  - johnnyanmac 3y ago
    Nah, it happens often enough that you don't want to take that chance. Even Unity doesn't want to take that risk, if only for the reason if being sued by victims because they didn't follow due diligence. UPDATE: https://www.polygon.com/23873727/unity-credible-death-threat-offices-closed-pricing-change https://www.polygon.com/23873727/unity-credible-death-threat... > San Francisco police told Polygon that officers responded to Unity’s San Francisco office “regarding a threats incident.” A “reporting party” told police that “an employee made a threat towards his employer using social media.” The employee that made the threat works in an office outside of California, according to the police statement. well there's your story. Even worse than I thought. Why would a Unity employee of all people do this instead of simply walking away from the job? No one's going to hail you as a hero for this.
otachack 3y ago
Crazy shit happened in the past for less substantial reasoning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack

While yes, frequently this is true, there are a lot of unhinged people that will make death/bomb threats against people/organizations they have beef with. Most of the time, these threats are completely meaningless with no intent of follow-through. But can you take that chance?

Nullabillity 3y ago
There are a lot of rich people that believe they have impunity to screw over whoever they want to with no repercussions. Solve that, and the rest of the problem goes away.
- olliej 3y ago
  And obviously the employees and engineers working on unity made the choice about these policies, right?
prepend 3y ago
> While yes, frequently this is true, there are a lot of unhinged people that will make death/bomb threats against people/organizations they have beef with. This is why crisis management firms recommend step one so frequently. It works.
aaron695 3y ago
[dead]
throwaway5959 3y ago
They allege that there were bomb threats.

pipeline_peak 3y ago

step 1 of running a business - keep your employees safe

Kerb_ 3y ago
If that were true we wouldn't have needed to make OSHA
- pipeline_peak 3y ago
  I didn’t say everyone follows step 1

olliej 3y ago

Are you saying that they made up the calls? Or that they made the calls themselves?

prepend 3y ago
It’s really impossible to know unless the cops arrest the people who made the threats and get a conviction. I think it’s much more likely they the threats are overblown to benefit Unity from a PR perspective than that anyone is actually planning violence against Unity employees.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  Nah, it happens often enough that you don't want to take that chance. Even Unity doesn't want to take that risk, if only for the reason if being sued by victims because they didn't follow due diligence. UPDATE: https://www.polygon.com/23873727/unity-credible-death-threat-offices-closed-pricing-change https://www.polygon.com/23873727/unity-credible-death-threat... > San Francisco police told Polygon that officers responded to Unity’s San Francisco office “regarding a threats incident.” A “reporting party” told police that “an employee made a threat towards his employer using social media.” The employee that made the threat works in an office outside of California, according to the police statement. well there's your story. Even worse than I thought. Why would a Unity employee of all people do this instead of simply walking away from the job? No one's going to hail you as a hero for this.

otachack 3y ago

Crazy shit happened in the past for less substantial reasoning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack