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Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work

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Re: Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work

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Post by dang »

This is a divisive topic, but the story seems to pass the interesting-new-phenomenon test (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). If you comment, note this guideline: "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."

We've changed the title in accordance with https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, but if anyone can suggest a better (i.e. more accurate and neutral) title, we can change it again. Edit: I took "won't exclude customers on moral grounds" out of the title above, since they apparently no longer have that policy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21275311

Re: Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work

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Post by falcolas »

dang wrote: post #2

This is a divisive topic, but the story seems to pass the interesting-new-phenomenon test ( https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ). If you comment, note this guideline: " Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. " We've changed the title in accordance with https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html , but if anyone can suggest a better (i.e. more a…

I don't normally agree with such editorial changes, but this one is really bad. Thanks.

Re: Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work

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Post by Rebelgecko »

jswizzy wrote: post #3

When was it ever okay to discuss politics at work?

Maybe it's a SV thing? I saw some of the documents from a recent lawsuit against Google and was pretty astounded by the sorts of things that people were willing to not only say but actually put into writing where anyone on their intranet could see (things along the lines of "I won't let anyone on my team if they have political belief X or voted for Y")

Re: Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work

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Post by cassianoleal »

jswizzy wrote: post #3

When was it ever okay to discuss politics at work?

It may not be in the US (I couldn't tell) but in all other countries I've been it usually ranges from slightly awkward to perfectly acceptable or normal.

It should be ok to discuss politics in any and every space as it affects every single aspects of everybody's lives. Considering most adults spend around half of their awake time at work it seems silly to avoid it there.

Re: Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work

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Post by archi42 »

jswizzy wrote: post #3

When was it ever okay to discuss politics at work?

We actually do this quite often, and that's even though our field is not concerned with politics. But maybe that's a cultural thing? (Edit: Also, views at work vary. In US terms the spectrum is probably from Bernie-Sanders-left to pre-Trump-Reps-right.)

Re: Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work

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Post by saas_sam »

Rebelgecko wrote: post #5
jswizzy wrote: post #3

When was it ever okay to discuss politics at work?

Maybe it's a SV thing? I saw some of the documents from a recent lawsuit against Google and was pretty astounded by the sorts of things that people were willing to not only say but actually put into writing where anyone on their intranet could see (things along the lines of "I won't let anyone on my team if they have political belief X or voted for Y")

It's 100% a SV thing. It is assumed that everyone working for a SV company is on the left and hates anything on the right. Voice dissent at your own peril.
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