CEO Jason Fried announced a ban on “societal and political discussions”
“You shouldn’t have to wonder if staying out of it means you’re complicit, or wading into it means you’re a target,” Fried wrote. “These are difficult enough waters to navigate in life, but significantly more so at work. It’s become too much. It’s a major distraction. It saps our energy, and redirects our dialog towards dark places. It’s not healthy, it hasn’t served us well.”
employees said that the policy change arose from an employee-led diversity and inclusion effort.
So the left tried to take over his company and he told them to get fucked. Good on him.
"We also like to tell ourselves that having these discussions with the whole company is "healthy". I used to think that too, but I no longer do. I think it's become ever more stressful, unnerving, and counterproductive."
Here's the main dunk tweet I've seen go with that. Just so you don't have to hunt for it. I'll remain as political as I please on my own spaces, but I'll leave it out of our internal systems for debate.
DHHVerified account @dhh
Imagine thinking that you have to appear apolitical to lead a company rather than simply not advocate for shitty politics, like overworking employees, putting students through hell, stealing identities on Instagram, or controlling bot armies? Anyways...
Believing that you shouldn't openly abuse people or take advantage of them doesn't make you a leftoid. Or that having all your employees bullying each other over their office chats is a bad thing.
Scrolling through the guys Twitter he appears to be literally Hitler because he's tweeting support for small businesses and dislike of cancel culture. Also like anyone who runs a company, prioritizng productivity over anything else.
We never used to talk politics at work. It was frowned upon in the same way talking about sex and almost anything not work or family related was. People don't have friends or family now so they make their coworkers their sole source of friends, family, venting, and support, and that's not productive.
I'm not saying don't be friendly to people you work with, but I know plenty of CEO founder types that actively use their company as a surrogate social life, at times to the mass detriment of the company. That doesn't work well because you're at work for work related reasons and that might not coincide with the kind of people you'd like to be closer with. You then also have to deal with the drama that goes on between friends some times at work, similar to why you don't typically date people from work because when drama happens it's now at work.
Then there's the bigger issue that many knowledge work jobs now are entirely made up and don't need to exist. You could fire half of Basecamp and I'm sure it'd be about the same if it's anything like companies here in the Bay.
The 'left' already controls the company, meaning neoliberal SJWs. It's just one more radical faction against a faction that controls the company and which would be hurt by non-existent productivity.
So the left tried to take over his company and he told them to get fucked. Good on him.
Basecamp's CEO is also a loud and annoying leftard himself.
https://archive.ph/WioQL
Believing that you shouldn't openly abuse people or take advantage of them doesn't make you a leftoid. Or that having all your employees bullying each other over their office chats is a bad thing. Scrolling through the guys Twitter he appears to be literally Hitler because he's tweeting support for small businesses and dislike of cancel culture. Also like anyone who runs a company, prioritizng productivity over anything else.
We never used to talk politics at work. It was frowned upon in the same way talking about sex and almost anything not work or family related was. People don't have friends or family now so they make their coworkers their sole source of friends, family, venting, and support, and that's not productive.
I'm not saying don't be friendly to people you work with, but I know plenty of CEO founder types that actively use their company as a surrogate social life, at times to the mass detriment of the company. That doesn't work well because you're at work for work related reasons and that might not coincide with the kind of people you'd like to be closer with. You then also have to deal with the drama that goes on between friends some times at work, similar to why you don't typically date people from work because when drama happens it's now at work.
Then there's the bigger issue that many knowledge work jobs now are entirely made up and don't need to exist. You could fire half of Basecamp and I'm sure it'd be about the same if it's anything like companies here in the Bay.
Ah yes an anti-Trump muh Russian bot tweet. Totally not a leftoid.
And King Cuck made his company the wokest even amongst Silly-con Valley for years. Not a leftoid.
King Cuck yells at Mini Cuck for not working, so you instantly simp for King Cuck's Lamborghini collection. Very sad.
The 'left' already controls the company, meaning neoliberal SJWs. It's just one more radical faction against a faction that controls the company and which would be hurt by non-existent productivity.
So he lost the fat women, the cucks, the bluehairs, the diversity hires and the thinly disguised pedos.
I bet productivity increases by at least 150%.
“So he lost the fat women, the cucks, the bluehairs, the diversity hires and the thinly disguised pedos.”
Probably describes the same vexatious employee
Looks like Basecamp dodged a major bullet. Let's hope more companies take note.
Checking your politics at the door used to be part of being a professional.
Hey i just realized this is something all companies should do to weed these people out
Actual Headline: 18 Jobs At Woke Company Available For Those Willing To Actually Work.
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Wow so they were basically just there to push politics again huh?
the trash took itself out