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Are there any jobs where you can publicly accuse your employer of "genocide for profit", hold a protest on company property and keep your job? I mean, I'm all
by michaelt 3y ago
Are there any jobs where you can publicly accuse your employer of "genocide for profit", hold a protest on company property and keep your job?
I mean, I'm all for workers' right to protest about things like Andy Rubin's $128 million golden parachute when he was fired for sexism - that sort of thing directly impacts working conditions. Problems which might have to be aired publicly, lest they be swept under the rug.
And I'm all for workers' right to engage in politics publicly outside of work, on their own time - I don't think anyone should face firing because their presence at a protest 'might reflect badly on the company' when they haven't brought the company into it.
And I'm in favour of employees being allowed to move between projects when they object to certain work and there's other work available. If an engineer at Boeing wants to work on passenger planes and space rockets but not fighter jets or ICBMs I think that's reasonable. If a Muslim working at a supermarket doesn't want to stock the alcohol shelves, and there's enough shelf-stocking work they can just swap with someone else, accommodating them is only reasonable.
But accusing your employer of genocide for profit? In public?
That's several steps beyond what I'd expect to get away with.