Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by bluntfang on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:35PM
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what marketing firm do you work for? Oh you're literally the content marketer for gitlab lol (as per your comment history). you're literally getting paid to say this.
Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by codezero on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:05PM
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That doesn’t make it untrue or any less valuable.
Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by bluntfang on Thursday October 17, 2019 @07:55PM
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I believe the context of his employment and role completely strips the value from the statements.
Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by codezero on Friday October 18, 2019 @02:36AM
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Fair point. I disagree. I’ve worked with plenty of sincere and reasonable marketers. None of them have shilled publicly under their own name when they weren’t sincere. Startups are on the above average side of hard working and thoughtful people, in my experience. If you want to shit on marketers, go ahead.
If you read the policy we link to about politics, we mention people talking politics during coffee chats, 1-on-1s, etc, but as a general rule we don't lead with those topics.
We focus on inclusion, and we have been very successful at that by respecting others and making work a collaborative, judgment free place. As someone who sometimes has the minority opinion I have absolutely loved this policy, and I feel closer and more accepted by my colleagues as a result.
I'm very proud to work at GitLab.