Re:Uber Sinks to New Record Low as IPO Share Lockup Expires
by JohnFen on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @11:22AM
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The real problem is that Uber's lawbreaking and unethical behavior stems directly from the "bro culture".
Re:Uber Sinks to New Record Low as IPO Share Lockup Expires
by anongraddebt on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @11:59AM
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That's a rather strong claim. What's the causal relationship here? All frat bro cultures necessarily create lawbreaking and unethical behavior?
From my perspective, that would be prima facie wrong. I've witnessed frat bro cultures that led to that and ones that haven't. Just like every other type of culture.
Maybe we aren't talking about the same thing.
Re:Uber Sinks to New Record Low as IPO Share Lockup Expires
by JohnFen on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @12:03PM
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The tech "bro culture" values being extremely aggressive, competitive, and ignoring norms of behavior. That sort of mindset leads directly to lawbreaking and unethical behavior.
Re:Uber Sinks to New Record Low as IPO Share Lockup Expires
by anongraddebt on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @02:19PM
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Yeah, I think we might be talking about different things.
What I have in mind is a culture where personal boundaries are a bit relaxed, people are abnormally loud when communicating, etc. There is a sort of shallow resemblance to general sports culture.
However, people can mistake a frat bro culture with actually high productivity (leaving aside questions of whether employees are harmed by the culture). Zenefits pre-Parkers-leave might be an example. Employees can't be getting drunk and having sex in stairwells during office hours and retain a high level of productivity.