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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by travisjungroth on Monday March 27, 2017 @01:09PM (#13969576)
Wait, how does your advice answer your question about the event? Are you saying that you shouldn't host a diversity event because it doesn't explicitly match the four things you listed? Because someone might not like the event? I don't get it.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by emodendroket on Monday March 27, 2017 @01:13PM (#13969616)
It seems like what he's saying is that you shouldn't allow it to happen because it's not strictly work-related but I find it hard to agree with that thinking.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by peterwwillis on Monday March 27, 2017 @01:15PM (#13969641)
The whole position is summed up as "Be a corporate drone." I think a lot of us would disagree with it.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by ruleabidinguser on Monday March 27, 2017 @01:23PM (#13969751)
Many of us don't care.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by emodendroket on Monday March 27, 2017 @01:32PM (#13969859)
If you don't care then it seems like allowing people who do care to hold their women in technology groups or whatever would be fine.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by ruleabidinguser on Monday March 27, 2017 @02:53PM (#13970570)
except when its disruptive, which is when i do care.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by peterwwillis on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:54PM (#13971111)
I thought silicon valley loved disruption.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by emodendroket on Monday March 27, 2017 @04:12PM (#13971270)
For instance?
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by ruleabidinguser on Monday March 27, 2017 @05:27PM (#13971926)
Well I was just thinking of it interfering withwork
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by emodendroket on Monday March 27, 2017 @06:04PM (#13972241)
In what way would it interfere with work?
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by ruleabidinguser on Monday March 27, 2017 @07:15PM (#13972665)
its happening at work no? what does it have to do with work otherwise?
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by emodendroket on Monday March 27, 2017 @07:33PM (#13972761)
Ok, it's happening at the office. So how is it interfering with anyone's work?
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by ruleabidinguser on Monday March 27, 2017 @09:18PM (#13973194)
Just like any in-office demonstration interferes. Its not special in any way you know.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by emodendroket on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @04:52AM (#13975086)
"Demonstration"? I've never met anyone who opposes any kind of workplace activity (say, charitable giving or birthday parties) whatsoever.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by ruleabidinguser on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @02:30PM (#13979284)
Now you have
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