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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by tshaddox on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @02:23PM (#24641878)
And again, it's a false notion to think that those are two separate things. You can't, to use example that I hope is obvious, support making your work environment welcoming to everyone regardless of sexual orientation, while also refusing to oppose or even discuss a political movement or politician who would throw people in jail for having a certain sexual orientation.
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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by sokoloff on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @03:09PM (#24642481)
While I would find that political position abhorrent, I wouldn't expect and certainly not demand that my company issue a specific public statement denouncing it.
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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by tshaddox on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @03:14PM (#24642536)
You don’t need to expect or demand that, although I certainly would. The problem is when a company claims they care about that issue as part of their mission, but then prohibits employees from taking a stand on that issue or even discussing that issue.
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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by garbageslam on Thursday October 01, 2020 @03:33PM (#24655263)
Why is that a problem?

People can care about an issue without taking a stand or even discussing the issue.

This "with us or against us" attitude is precisely what makes it difficult to get along with activists.

The only reason it is "a problem" is that it doesn't conform to the long term goals of the activists. The company needs to have goals that are separate from those of the activists in order to survive.

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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by paxys on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @03:23PM (#24642646)
What about being able to discuss that internally with coworkers? Because the company prohibits that as well.
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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by sokoloff on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @03:26PM (#24642672)
My wager is they de facto won't prohibit any discussion between consenting and mutually interested coworkers that doesn't negatively impact their work output, which seems "fair enough" to me.
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Re:Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortabl... by paxys on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:16PM (#24643298)
So you'd be okay working for a company with policies you don't agree with because "they probably won't enforce them"?
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