Posted on 05/01/2021 9:23:40 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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Microsoft News Stay informed with trusted, personalized news Open the app AFP Third of US software firm's employees resign over politics ban AFP 9 hrs ago Polarized debates have animated the United States for months © MARIO TAMA Polarized debates have animated the United States for months About a third of the employees at US productivity software firm Basecamp have announced their resignations after the company banned political conversations in the workplace.
The mass walkout came after Basecamp chief executive and co-founder Jason Fried published a blog post on Monday explaining new rules adopted by the company, including a ban on "societal and political discussions on our company Basecamp account."
He also announced the end of some "paternalistic" employee benefits, such as fitness and continuing education allowances, and said there would be "no more lingering or dwelling on past decisions."
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As an employer I absolutely agree.
i dont have to deal with her anymore. I got let go from that company last july retired and living life free of corp wokeism too.
thats becouse 30 years ago it was not seem as the cool thing and most coders had a hard math background. today scoring high on a videogame will get you in the door.
The thing that surprises me is that most programmers have a low tolerance for BS. They also don’t cut failures a lot of slack. Hackers only like people who can hack it. Or at least it used to be that way.
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