Re:The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon Valley
by vasilipupkin on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:44AM
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My guess is if you start spending your time writing 10 page political memos and distributing them inside companies, your career won't advance very far, regardless of content. But, in this case, literally most women at google were upset and that's incredibly disruptive and stupid - hence he was fired and should have been
Re:The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon Valley
by davidivadavid on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @02:06PM
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The guy who wrote the memo apparently received glowing reviews and was promoted twice at Google. Doesn't seem like your typical slacker.
Re:The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon Valley
by vasilipupkin on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @09:00PM
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Yes, typical slackers don't write stupid manifestos, you are correct
Both are obviously incredibly unprofessional, but only one would probably face life-changing punishment in reality. Ideally you set the tone that both are unacceptable, that the only political discussion acceptable beyond interpersonal conversation is the politics of the company's self-interest. Both starting an internal political battle, as as well tweeting externally about an already-started one, should get you fired. But that's only fair if you set that tone and expectation.