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"the relevant founder has been put on leave... The founder’s wife... will no longer be permitted in the office." Almost exactly what I expected. As the startup
by jw2013 13y ago
"the relevant founder has been put on leave... The founder’s wife... will no longer be permitted in the office."
Almost exactly what I expected. As the startup grows larger (200+ employees now for Github?) it's not uncommon to have some cultural setback. +1 for Github trying to fix it asap, but still Chris Wanstrath did not mention how are they exactly going to fix the culture. Putting founder on leave is by no means panacea. The behavior on that one founder is very likely not the cause for the wrong culture, but just the side effect. So more specific plans INSIDE the company, please? (well, actually I think fixing the culture can't be done by any plan, but it must be done by example of founders/high-level executives.)
- leccine 13y agoWhat do you think needed to be fixed? You are assuming that everything Julie states is right...
- jw2013 13y agoI am not assuming everything Julie states is right. For statement "the culture of Github needs some fix" to be true, it only needs only some of Julie's statements to be true. And looks like from Chris's statement, that is true (otherwise why did they "punish" founder & his wife).
- leccine 13y agoThey did not punish anybody. Not letting a non-employee into their offices does not qualify as punishment. Put on leave for a president also not. It is more to the media and wait to let the dust settle. The culture of Github needs some fix can be interpreted many ways it does not say anything concrete. This is all politics. :)
- ephemeralgomi 13y agoThey didn't punish anyone yet.
- carlosdp 13y agoIt's been like a day (over a weekend), probably not enough time to put together such a plan...
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- nlew 13y agoThe plan is the outcome of the investigation. The point is to figure out what went wrong and how to prevent it in the future.