Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit

Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by ahomescu1 on Monday March 17, 2014 @06:01AM (#7414077)

Does "life and humanity" include a bad breakup, tons of drama, and pulling the entire office/company into that drama? (not saying it's always the case, or even a lot, but it's very bad in the few cases when it does happen) If people could truly separate their personal lives from their professional ones, this wouldn't ever be an issue.

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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by Nursie on Monday March 17, 2014 @06:08AM (#7414099)

Of course it does. That's humanity. I understand entirely why a business would want to avoid this stuff, but I also understand why a business might want to not have to pay employees, or might want to work them 24 hours a day if it could. None of these things is healthy.

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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by ahomescu1 on Monday March 17, 2014 @07:01PM (#7418704)

It's arguable. While it's completely unreasonable for a business to overwork its employees or not pay them, it seems reasonable to me to expect them to not bring their personal issues to the workplace. Also, I imagine their coworkers feel the same; if you're trying to get work done, and your coworkers are fighting because of their relationship, wouldn't you want them to stop/go away?

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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by Nursie on Monday March 17, 2014 @08:40PM (#7419173)

If your employees are fighting at work because of their relationship you have bad employees. Attempting to forbid all office relationships is not an appropriate response.

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