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No, the impulse to take everything to the principal level immediately is what kills fun and empowers busybodies in HR. Is two guys sharing a snicker over a mild
by mseebach 14y ago
No, the impulse to take everything to the principal level immediately is what kills fun and empowers busybodies in HR. Is two guys sharing a snicker over a mild sexual innuendo really what's keeping women from going into IT? Is the key feature of more gender-equal industries really that no-one ever makes an inappropriate joke?
If the joke offends you, say so, in so many words. If the offender doesn't respect that, then, fair enough, take it further.
- knowtheory 14y agoLet me be clear, I always prefer a strategy of direct engagement as a first option. I do not think this was an effective strategy for addressing the problems that happened, or were perceived to have happened. I think that the way this has shaken out has been a fiasco, and the fact that we're arguing about it on HN is a pretty good indicator of that. But my point isn't about what I would have done, or what should have been done. It's whether or not Adrian Richards was behaving maliciously, which is what GP and a long list of others have insinuated or asserted without any good evidence.