It's coopting an internal tool for political messages then implying "it passed PR" means you had permission from where it should come from.
It's not even the message itself, I don't want politics, even those I agree with, living in the codebase I use at work.
Sure the notice is required, but putting it so it shows up solely on the website for the legal firm hired by your employer is a political message before it is a helpful message.
No one's saying it "passed PR", it passed the review process that was in place for similar changes.
> IIRC, an employer has to make the content available in some form in a place where employees will see it, not just anywhere. Traditionally it's a wall display of posters in a cafeteria or break room. Trying to fulfill the requirement by putting the posters up in a broom closet of the CEO's office would be forbidden.
> It's not even the message itself, I don't want politics, even those I agree with, living in the codebase I use at work.
A lot of this thread feels like unusual sudden concern for the aesthetics of the cafeteria wall.
Like a PR?
And I don't even get what the second half of your comment is trying to say, especially the cafeteria wall comment...
Putting an unannounced popup when you visit the page for a legal firm would not fulfill the requirement either, so what is your point?
You should probably not work at Google.
I work at a place full of xooglers and other ex-faangs, and get the benefits of working with talented people without these kinds of scandals.
No, more to point out that it's a weird concern to have about an internal tool used by a company that uses their code to exert huge, global political influence. It's a strangely specific grain of rice to make an issue of.
There are plenty of ways to protest that are just as effective as a pop up that only appears on a specific site for a specific lawyer that don't involve messing with work code.
I think the employee has a point with the pop-up. Wall posters aren't a good way to reach technology workers. Some kind of digital notification like a pop-up or regular reminder email would be more sensible. Remote employees can't see a poster at the office, for instance.