Re:1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Cha...
by CodeGlitch on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:54AM
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I've worked in some places where company policy on clothing was "no offensive or political slogans". This was 15-20 years ago. So there was some appetite for keeping politics out of the workplace. I wonder if that needs to be brought back in to most places.
I don't think we've reached the state (yet) where firms are going to be keeping blacklists of activists.
But we're certainly heading in that direction as techies try to force employers into more extreme stances. Dave Chappelle is a popular guy with broad mainstream appeal, and it's incredibly arrogant for Netflix employees to try to deplatform him, or to try to dictate what Netflix, a company with a global reach, can show to a worldwide audience.
And I think we are going to see some mass firings and circulation of blacklists in at least some of the FAANGS before people wake up and realize they are no longer in college protesting some speaker they think makes them "unsafe". For these types of salaries, some professionalism is expected, and long term employers will demand it.