Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by Lutger on Thursday October 17, 2019 @07:06AM
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You are mostly right, except that the actions of gitlab _are_ an active endeavour in various respects:
- putting a stop on political discussion at the workplace
- making it clear in the handbook as a matter of policy that gitlab will sell to whomever they legally can
- sending a clear signal that any time spend on considering not to do so and expressing an alternative opinion is seen as a violation of the values of gitlab and waste of time
- engaging in commercial activity with anybody, assuming you don't rip them off and they actually benefit from it, can also be seen as support in a very weak sense
However, 'support' also has the meaning of condoning. It's like a bystander not taking action when somebody is sexually harassed. You don't say he actively caused the harassment but his lack of action betrays an implicit support.
- putting a stop on political discussion at the workplace
- making it clear in the handbook as a matter of policy that gitlab will sell to whomever they legally can
- sending a clear signal that any time spend on considering not to do so and expressing an alternative opinion is seen as a violation of the values of gitlab and waste of time
- engaging in commercial activity with anybody, assuming you don't rip them off and they actually benefit from it, can also be seen as support in a very weak sense
However, 'support' also has the meaning of condoning. It's like a bystander not taking action when somebody is sexually harassed. You don't say he actively caused the harassment but his lack of action betrays an implicit support.