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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by dkdk8283 on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:16AM (#24637950)
I worked at a media company with a reach of 400 million ADI. We had internal meetings more or less instructing employees how to vote. Our hand curated content intentionally catered to this same narrative.

It was completely politically biased. I was hired when the company was neutral but over the years the extreme left narrative settled in and we tended to only hire people with the same ideologies.

Executive discussions revealed it was an intentional culture shift to attract candidates.

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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by dgellow on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:51AM (#24638219)
Did it go well for the people and the company?
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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by langitbiru on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @10:07AM (#24638844)
So what does the future hold? Will there be left-leaning companies and right-leaning companies? What if I am centrist? So when I apply for a job, do I have to make sure my political leaning fits with the employer? Brave, brave new world.
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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by bananaface on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @11:04AM (#24639452)
I wouldn't worry about it. The issue will burn itself out. Courting a culture of loud, demanding people with an axe to grind is a much better short-term strategy than long.
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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by sdfqasdghj2 on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @09:42AM (#24638593)
> We had internal meetings more or less instructing employees how to vote.

Is that legal?

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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @10:18AM (#24638954)
Yes, unfortunately. Most states don't have any law against employers politically pressuring their employees.
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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by lordlimecat on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @11:59AM (#24640145)
If it can be construed as threatening or coercive, it appears that many actually do:

https://www.grubblawgroup.com/employee-rights-and-informatio...

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