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A "relaxed" office culture means that "dick/sex/insulting/racist/etc jokes" are acceptable? This might be the most amazingly asinine comment I have ever encount
by 7Figures2Commas 12y ago
A "relaxed" office culture means that "dick/sex/insulting/racist/etc jokes" are acceptable? This might be the most amazingly asinine comment I have ever encountered on HN.
The type of "jokes" you refer to are usually not only not funny to the people who have to listen to them, they can create huge liabilities for the companies dumb enough to employ the out-of-touch fool who thinks he's the office's Dave Attell.
"But we're a startup with a relaxed office culture and an opt out from toxic emails policy, not a big corporation!" isn't an effective defense to a racial discrimination or sexual harassment lawsuit.
- georgiapeach 12y agoPlease show me precedent of a successful discrimination suit based on nothing more than a joke.
- 7Figures2Commas 12y ago"Jokes" are commonly used as evidence in employment lawsuits: http://www.boardmanclark.com/reading-room/it-was-just-a-joke/ http://www.boardmanclark.com/reading-room/it-was-just-a-joke... http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/161026 http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/161026 http://www.fox19.com/story/26069939/wings-with-a-side-of-racism-lawsuit-alleges-discrimination-at-buffalo-wild-wings http://www.fox19.com/story/26069939/wings-with-a-side-of-rac... Please note that the vast majority of employment lawsuits settle before they ever go to trial.
- georgiapeach 12y ago> based on nothing more than a joke None of your examples demonstrate this. The joke is always a footnote to some other, primary complaint. You failed your burden of proof.