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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by jvdizzle on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @12:29PM (#27039406)
So, what? Hire new people to replace the ones that left and then eventually have to do a purge again in 5 years? This appears more to me like a short-sighted easy-way-out kind of move.

Why not spend the time to build channels for constructive political discussion? The workplace does not exist in a vacuum. You cannot isolate work from politics these days.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by spyckie2 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @10:56PM (#27045674)
The policy they put in place is just not hiring those who would want to actively participate in political discussion at work. I think there are plenty of people in the world who see that as a net positive. Not everyone wants political discussion and to further mankind’s ideological philosophies; far more direct ways to impact society include just being nice to those around you.
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