Re:Ask HN: Work Culture Canary?
by lrvick on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @05:53AM
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At an old office we had a bit of a meme around yomamma jokes.
They were always nonsensical and certainly not graphic or directed at any actual mothers but one person randomly got super mad about it and complained to upper management and such jokes were explicitly banned on company property.
Then the nerf guns were banned.
Then all lights had to be on 100% migrane inducing brightness.
Then all desks had to be clean and free of any non-essential objects.
They were always nonsensical and certainly not graphic or directed at any actual mothers but one person randomly got super mad about it and complained to upper management and such jokes were explicitly banned on company property.
Then the nerf guns were banned.
Then all lights had to be on 100% migrane inducing brightness.
Then all desks had to be clean and free of any non-essential objects.
Most of engineering quit around that point.