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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by ankjl on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:49PM (#16241189)
Unrelated to what "side" of the "war" people making statements are on, I would think that the typical role of the HR department would be to examine the context surrounding inappropriate statements at work before taking action.

If the HR department doesn't operate that way, or the company guidelines suggest that some statements demand reprimand regardless of context, then I would suggest the issue would be surrounding the way the HR department operates rather than the people making complaints to HR.

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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by Chaebixi on Friday January 26, 2018 @03:10PM (#16242456)
Honestly, I could see HR legitimately reprimanding inflammatory statements, regardless of context, that were strong enough to get them involved. It's an escalation of a disagreement and employees should be expected to behave more professionally.
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