Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take Hold

Re:Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take ... by notafraudster on Friday November 01, 2019 @08:34PM (#21425093)

I know the posted title is generally preferred when linking articles but in this case I think the title doesn't accurately describe the article. I clicked not really realizing what the article was about.

The gist is Google is imposing new internal rules to restrict harsh or personal criticism of other employees, in this case to prevent employees from criticizing an executive hire who was involved in the Trump Department of Homeland Security. I gather the controversy is related to DHS's involvement in child separation at the border. A secondary controversy involves internal employee criticism of presumed anti-unionization efforts because removed from company message boards.

Maybe go with: "Google Employees critical of moderation designed to restrict internal dissent"?

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Re:Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take ... by burgerandfries on Friday November 01, 2019 @09:32PM (#21425311)

Your suggested title is more misleading than the current title. Not allowing employees to personally attack other employees isn't restricting internal dissent. Employees are free to voice their dissent all they want as long as they keep it professional. Posting memes and trolling another person is unprofessional and childish, and would likely get you written up or even fired at practically every company in existence. The fact this was ever deemed acceptable in the first place is actually the more shocking news.

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Re:Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take ... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday November 01, 2019 @10:46PM (#21425574)

The point of professionalism is to create a safe space, where people can work together to achieve things without their personal, political, and religious differences getting in the way. Saying your coworker is evil and must be excluded from society is inherently unprofessional.

I can't tell you with a straight face that you should never in any circumstance be unprofessional. But the ability to have respectful relationships across the aisle is incredibly valuable, and you'd better be sure it's worth losing. I think a lot of people don't even consider that cost.

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Re:Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take ... by geofft on Friday November 01, 2019 @11:26PM (#21425699)

That's a fair answer, thanks.

(I also think that, given that answer, it's unsurprising that so many people have no interest in being professional. I agree it's worth considering the cost carefully, but it seems like a far easier conclusion than, say, rejecting capitalism, which is also understandably popular.)

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