This is exactly what I thought, I’d personally find a company with an explicit non-activism policy insanely attractive, all other things being equal.

Did you have a previous experience at a job where that was an issue?

No, exactly the opposite, every company I’ve ever worked for was neutral without ever needing to enforce it, but anything other than that would be a nightmare for me, so having it as an open statement about culture suits me.

Not really a buyers market rn. Maybe this ideological position will specifically attract people who feel alienated by SV culture, maybe not. But there's no way that losing a large fraction of your engineering team is anything but a disaster.

Loosing that many people is going to cause a hard time there.

I wouldn't call it SV culture. I think it's more the culture of people who are trying to use companies to promote their political ideals.

I grew up and first worked in a region where your employer was not your everything. People worked (often times with a diverse set of people) and then outside of work were part of other groups for their interests and ideologies. That separation enabled people from many walks of life to work together. I'd like to see more of this.

There'll likely be a big pool of applicants that want to work there because of this policy.

Yea I considered looking into Coinbase when they announced a similar policy - but I've got some equity keeping me at my current job. If that weren't the case I may jump ship.

Who says it’s a no politics work place? That’s not what the reporting this week suggests - just that it’s a “don’t disagree with the bosses” workplace.

Their /jobs page says no current openings, however.

I do love the idea of no politics at work. Politics is not intellectually interesting for me.

The scary thing is that there are so many companies willing to hire these types of employees leaving basecamp.

Those who have the expectation of talking progressive politics at work and getting what they want or they leave.

I wouldn’t touch any of them.