More of this please.
Basecamp is following in the footsteps of cryptocurrency firm Coinbase. Last September, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told employees to stop bringing their politics and causes to work and announced that the company would not take political stances unrelated to its core mission.
Looks like it works.
In my last job before retirement, I was the only conservative in an office of NDP people (6 others). They constantly belittled me and tried to convert me. I always said that I was there to do the book keeping and collect on delinquent accounts (which I did very successfully – their books had been a “mess”) but if they wished, we could go out after work, they could buy me a drink and we could talk politics. It never happened because NDP people always expect others (or the government) to buy them things or to do the “heavy lifting”.
Now that I have retired, their books are back to being a “mess” (according to the grapevine).
I’m glad you get the last laugh, Big Momma!
Too many companies have Manifestos that have nothing to do with the actual business they are in….
I’d rather get paid, and direct things to causes I support, rather than having to put up with the United Way Drones asking why I haven’t contributed to their latest drive…
Too many companies have Manifestos that have nothing to do with the actual business they are in….
I’m so old that I remember that those were called “mission statements”.
Yeah … manifestos. Things that ANTIFA have in common with the FBI
My guess? Neither of the companies mentioned has a significant number of people of color on the payroll.
Husky Energy was guilty of encouraging woke political discussions. There were often “diversity” moments that tied up the first five minutes and felt like taking a bad first step. The real business of making profit was increasingly forgotten and trust between management and employee was replaced with the need for endless reporting that was mostly purposeless since little accountability resulted to the groups and Individuals that were foot dragging or worse. Top it off with answering to multiple bosses all with differing agendas pulling staff in different directions including endless tail chases and the result was a very predictable crash in share price, a successful hostile takeover by Husky’s archrival Cenovus, and tons more job losses. I bet none of top management feels bad because after all the failure to build shareholder value wasn’t their fault – like JT says the budget balances itself. Judging from the company’s focus on building a progressive woke workplace it never was much of a goal. They should have known better but when the totem pole was topped with ex-BP and Shell execs maybe the writing was on the wall right from their starts. What a waste.
The company I work for recently stated they would not comment on political issues. The pushback was that election laws aren’t political (framed in a very condescending way). I wish the answer back was FOAD but it was a more measured statement about the scope of what is political being expanded to include things that usually aren’t. There was even a request for our company to denounce white supremacy.
Look at the endless brainwashing at the Public Indoctrination Camps, Public Schools. This is were all this shit began. People need to insist that shit ends and education begin again.
“ Left-leaning media outlets worry that such moves suggest a setback in the effort to build a world that prioritizes inclusion and social justice.”
Setback?
No, not a setback, here let me translate.
It’s pushback against creeping socialism.
That’s a diplomatic way of saying leave your politics at the door when you come to work or don’t bother coming in.
I support Fried’s stand on this. Having said that, I would argue that a company’s first priority is product, profit will follow if the product is viable, and management is competent.
A third of the workforce is leaving? During this pandemic economy?! Good luck to them.
I’m guessing here, but I doubt that Basecamp will have any difficulty filling those vacancies, especially when potential employees figure out they don’t have to kiss anyone’s ideological ass.
The job prospects for good people remains very high in this economy.
“The job prospects for good Germans remains very high in this economy”
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I have no idea why people wish to alienate their customers or employees, anyway.
Power. It’s all about power. The communists don’t care if these companies and industries destroy themselves. In fact, in many cases that’s the point. Then they can replace it with new things that the communists control. Hollywood, comics, fine art, news, tech, etc.
The problem is this stuff is coming from big shareholders and the c-suite. It’s so far beyond HR and the like. There is no surviving it at this point.
Many years ago, I worked for an electronics startup north of San Francisco. The CEO and officers did a weekend retreat at the CEO’s beach house. They came back with among other things a declaration that the company would take no positions or involve itself in any way with the problems of the world. It seemed an odd thing to put in writing. I thought we were there to develop a superior datacomm product. Now it makes sense. The CEO being a billionaire held a fundraiser for the Democratic Party. The directions included “Turn right at the gate and drive 3.1 miles to the house ” This was the Bay Area.