“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”

Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by ryanbrunner on Saturday May 01, 2021 @05:48AM (#27004867)

And also banning any DEI initiatives, banning any and all committees, and a host of other changes that essentially boil down to "shut up and do what we tell you".

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by bartread on Saturday May 01, 2021 @06:18AM (#27005011)

> banning any DEI initiatives

That's not actually what they've said though, is it? They're moving responsibility for DEI back into HR (they call it People Ops)[0]. I have pretty mixed feelings on HR as a company function[1] and choice of profession, but that's far from a ban on DEI initiatives.

(I don't dispute your comment that committees have been dissolved.)

[0] The original "Changes at Basecamp" blog post literally says, "The responsibility for DEI work returns to Andrea, our head of People Ops,": https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by ryanbrunner on Saturday May 01, 2021 @09:34AM (#27006174)

Fair enough, banning any employee organization of DEI work (outside of the one HR person).

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