"Amy Edmondson of Harvard, the leading researcher in psychological safety, defines it as the belief that you won't be punished or humiliated for speaking up wit

"Amy Edmondson of Harvard, the leading researcher in psychological safety, defines it as the belief that you won't be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes. It encourages intelligent risk-taking by reducing interpersonal anxiety." This hasn't been the reality in the "woke" SV companies at all. On any political or social issue, the only allowed perspective was the party line. On technical issues, you had to walk on eggshells or better not criticize at all to avoid backlash. The actual company hierarchy was always clear and just camouflaged by warm and fuzzy rhetoric. What causes psychological damage here is the constant uncertainty between the empty words and what is actually happening. What also causes psychological damage is being forced to report to DEI grifters without any technical or social competence. Some people prefer Musk's (Musk is used as an example in the article) style precisely because the hierarchy is clear and there are no fake pretenses.