As a paying Netflix customer I kindly request all them be fired ASAP.
1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Chappelle
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#22Damn, I need to update my resume quick!
Re: 1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Chappelle
#23"Cuties" was fine, but a stand-up skit is where they draw the line. Glad they have their priorities straightened out.
To be fair, cuties had a lot of controversy around it too. As with such matters, that's long forgotten in the world of twitter and people have moved on to the next thing.
This too will pass.
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#24If you don't like the company's decisions, you should stop working for the company - easy enough. I feel like the social justice brigade needs to seriously lighten up - maybe don't watch content that sets you off so easily? Just like everyone has had to do since.. the invention of television and other broadcast media?
> easy enough
Do you mean that it's easy to say "I quit," or that it's easy to kiss your next paychecks goodbye with no other approved recourse, despite the fact that you were employed by a company that you and thousands of others saw as perpetuating injustices toward a minority?
Re: 1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Chappelle
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If you don't like the company's decisions, you should stop working for the company - easy enough. That's exactly the threat here, but with an opportunity for the company to alter its decision making if it wants the labor.
What would you say if Netflix called their bluff and just fired all the people that walked out? This reminds me more of the student protests we used to see, where they wanted to walk out of classes or miss exams but also wanted special treatment so they didn't fail the class. I've got no problem with not working at a place whose values you dont agree with, but I see this kind of action (and similar things at other te…
> What would you say if Netflix called their bluff and just fired all the people that walked out?
They work at FAANG. Pretty sure they'll be able to get new jobs very quickly.
I suspect people involved with work stoppages who aren't protected via a union are keenly aware of the possibility of being fired and have deemed it worth the risk.
> This reminds me more of the student protests we used to see, where they wanted to walk out of classes or miss exams but also wanted special treatment so they didn't fail the class.
Umm, why not compare it to just a normal labour duspute strike action? This is literally a text book example of the type of action organized labour takes when its mad about something.
Re: 1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Chappelle
#26"Cuties" was fine, but a stand-up skit is where they draw the line. Glad they have their priorities straightened out.
To be fair, cuties had a lot of controversy around it too. As with such matters, that's long forgotten in the world of twitter and people have moved on to the next thing. This too will pass.
No "walkouts" or resignations though. I did cancel my Netflix membership - I can't and won't support normalization of pedophilia.
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#27People are so lamely political these days, it's hard not to see this as slacktivism. I hope the internet virtue signaling echo chamber dies off already, and all these people get fired.
Then at least they can see themselves as heroes in their "I'm the main character" stories about how "politically active" they were when they write their books.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If you don't like the company's decisions, you should stop working for the company - easy enough. That's exactly the threat here, but with an opportunity for the company to alter its decision making if it wants the labor.
What would you say if Netflix called their bluff and just fired all the people that walked out? This reminds me more of the student protests we used to see, where they wanted to walk out of classes or miss exams but also wanted special treatment so they didn't fail the class. I've got no problem with not working at a place whose values you dont agree with, but I see this kind of action (and similar things at other te…
> What would you say if Netflix called their bluff and just fired all the people that walked out?
Isn’t that explicitly illegal in the Us? Lol
Re: 1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Chappelle
#29The missing context in this article is that two trans employees were suspended for attending a zoom meeting they were linked to by a director. One of those employees had written a twitter thread critical of the special on their personal account.
The second thing to note is they fired an organizer of this protest claiming that they leaked how well this special did (broke even basically) just a couple days ago.
This is obviously going to have a chilling effect within the company no matter what the intent of the special or the executives was.
More broadly, Chappelle seems to have a lot of empathy for his trans friend, but the actual effect seems to have been a fresh supply of TERF ammunition for the next few weeks. The 'discourse' around this is pure poison, and he probably could have predicted this based on how the last special went.
Re: 1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Chappelle
#30Time to check for openings at Netflix. I'll gladly take their place and I'm sure that I'm not alone.
Hit my line Netflix recruiters, I know you're watching :)