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Let me guess that you are referring to “reverse racism” here
Why use a special term? Just "racism" works very well. The idea that only certain races can "qualify" for racism is Orwellian.
For reference, the severance package was 4 months of salary for employees with =3 years of tenure at Coinbase. The severance also included 6 months of health insurance. (Source: https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-severance-apolitical-missi... ) What percentage of employees at Coinbase are actively interviewing for other jobs at any given time? 5%? If someone has one foot out the door already, taking a bonus equivalent…
Let me guess that you are referring to “reverse racism” here
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I see it the other way around. (Almost) everything is political. The mission of the company is not disjoint from the society it is embedded in. Things have become divisive by being able to ignore and blend out the opposing views. By not talking and listening to one another. This is just one more step in that direction. Funnily enough, I think it has been extrapolated by Neal Stephenson in Diamond Age. We will end up…
> (Almost) everything is political. Only in a world where words have no meaning.
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If everything is political, then nothing is.
"Everything is political" is literally the working definition of totalitarianism.
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Why use a special term? Just "racism" works very well. The idea that only certain races can "qualify" for racism is Orwellian.
Not to mention confusing. The "reverse" of "racism" would certainly be "equality", so why should "reverse racism" mean "more racism"? This is pretty elementary logic--something can't be its own opposite.
It’s not the reverse of racism. It’s racism in the reverse direction than the more “traditional” one.
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This assumes all roles at the company are equally able to exit the company in the midst of a global pandemic and find opportune work with the same growth opportunities, salary, and locality.
Who knows if official numbers are kept for our industry, but I haven't noticed a decrease in the pace of hiring. Bitcoin isn't hurting, either.
I am beyond sick of political activists in the workplace, so I hope this trend catches on.
Agreed. I think there are only two options for a company: 1) don't allow any activism in the company 2) allow ALL types of activism in the company Right now, it seems most companies only allow liberal activism but not conservative activism. This is a recipe for problems because it's arbitrary and not democratic.
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Alternatively, if you see a resume with Coinbase through 2020-2021, that person probably prefers the opposite, which may also be seen in a positive or negative light, depending on your stance.
It signals that a person did not want to be politically active at their workplace enough to lose/quit their job. I think that says nothing of a persons political views and is just self-preservation or even indifference. Hiring would have to make some very tenuous assumptions to consider that a signal.
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No, it is not. Politics apathy is present across all races, all classes, all genders. Those who are politically possessed like to claim that “everything is politics” and that “it’s a privilege to not care about politics”, but every Hispanic and Filipino immigrant I’ve known (which is not a negligible number) care about family, hard work, and stability: not politics.
How does one ensure "stability" without getting involved in politics?