Top down command and control by a sociopath. What could go wrong?
Posted on 06/25/2022 10:42:03 AM PDT by DoodleBob
Meta has warned employees not to discuss the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on its internal system and deleting messages that do so, The New York Times reported.
Managers cited a policy that put "strong guardrails around social, political and sensitive conversations" in the workplace, according to company insiders, the newspaper reported.
Ambroos Vaes, a Meta software engineer, said in a post on LinkedIn he was disappointed that Meta was not allowing the topic to be discussed. "On our internal Workplace platform, moderators swiftly remove posts or comments mentioning abortion."
Vaes added: "The 'respectful' communications policy that was put in place explicitly disallows it. Limited discussion can only happen in groups of up to 20 employees who follow a set playbook, but not out in the open."
A May 12 company memo obtained by The Times mentioned that many internal posts regarding abortion were taken down for violating the company's harassment policy. The policy had led to a high number of complaints to HR.
Meta did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
On Friday the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the case that legalized abortion nationally almost 50 years ago and returning the matter to the states.
The memo, seen by The Times, also said Meta had previously allowed open discussion of abortion but later decided it created "significant disruptions in the workplace given unique legal complexities and the number of people affected by the issue."
However, Meta said it would reimburse travel expenses "to the extent permitted by law" for employees who needed "to access out-of-state health care and reproductive services," The Times reported.
Meanwhile, some Amazon employees have celebrated the ruling on internal Slack channels. The company's HR chief, Beth Galetti, asked workers to "be respectful of everyone's perspectives."
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Engaging in chat debate using corporate property is the height is short-sightedness. If we hit a recession, some ethically questionable bosses will use this chat feed to select RIF candidates.
The business of America is business. Shut up and work.
Just call it baby extermination 🤪
Same thing on my LinkedIn. I might delete it.
Are they afraid employees will express disappointment that they cannot perform a late term abortion on the boss?
So Meta/Facebook is censoring and canceling its own employees?
That’s kinda sweet, I think.
FWIW, LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft.
Top down command and control by a sociopath. What could go wrong?
They are trying to get their multiverse going...
Don’t need distractions.
Smart
Actually, it makes complete business sense. And I’m surprised that it’s even-handed. They’re prohibiting both pro and anti-Dobbs commentary.
Showing them what its like to be a conservative.
More accurate to call it non reproductive services unless they truly fund infertility treatments.
Probably getting overwhelmed by threats of violence against Christians and conservatives, and have to to hide that reality by deleting any conversation at all.
“Ambroos Vaes, a Meta software engineer, said in a post on LinkedIn he was disappointed that Meta was not allowing the topic to be discussed. “On our internal Workplace platform, moderators swiftly remove posts or comments mentioning abortion.”
Not hard to research a guy with that kind of name. Here are the results:
1. He grew up in Belgium, probably still a citizen there.
2. He’s likely been a guy all his life (therefore unlikely to need an abortion).
3. He works in Seattle, where abortion remains legal.
4. Abortion in Washington State is legal until fetal viability (about 24 weeks)
5. Abortion in Belgium is legal through the 12th Week.
Conclusion: He’s bitching at the wrong country.
It's still the only social media site I "use" but I almost never post anything, just keep it for occasionally useful links to relevant articles about my industry.
Face it. There is no reasonable consensus that can be achieved between people on opposite sides of the abortion question. Once someone identifies themselves as pro abortion and willing to kill preborn human life, decent people don’t want to be near them or work with them. Such people can never be trusted in any matter of importance.
As someone who had to deal with this in Silicon Valley, conservatives quickly learned if you didn’t want to be fired, you just kept quiet.
Liberals on the other hand could say just about anything.
Gay Meta doesn’t want the truth to get out
Maybe it's because I few up in the 80s, but I NEVER raise abortion, guns, drug decriminilization, or anything political at work. The vaccines came close to tearing apart workplaces...probably by design.
There are an infinite number of business problems that can arise any work day. It takes a while to extinguish them, which detracts from delivering value to clients and shareholders. Introducing internal debate over Dobbs/an extra can of gas onto that daily Christmas tree fire is patently absurd.
Removing that gas can the way Meta is doing so is a smart move, regardless where you stand on the topic or if you haaaaate FB.
These things go in cycles. And chat logs last forever.
I cannot imagine using internal company resources to voice my personal opinions on anything unrelated to the company.
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