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Reposting for the new megathread:
Not sure if anyone else has been following the Basecamp (tech company) situation but they’ve apparently lost at least 1/4 1/3 of their employees over it lol
Tl;dr for the uninitiated is that the CEO and CTO unilaterally decided that discussing politics at work was no longer permitted, committees were no longer allowed (because a diversity and inclusion committee formed in February), removing some of their benefits, and some other libertarian bullshit, then announced the whole thing in a self-fellating Thought Leader™ style blog post without telling employees first. Employees are leaving en-masse and all the solidarity on Twitter has been awesome
discussing politics at work was no longer permitted… libertarian bullshit
Maybe one of the founders learned that people were making seasteading jokes.
Seasteading is the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea, called seasteads, outside the territory claimed by any government. The term is a blend of sea and homesteading.
Basecamp implodes as employees flee company, including senior staff - The Verge
The final paragraphs…
As The Verge later reported, the initial motivation for the letter stemmed from internal disagreement over a controversial list of “funny names” of Basecamp customers. Several of the names on the list, which resurfaced several times over the years and of which management was well aware, were of Asian or African origin. Employees considered their inclusion inappropriate at best, and racist at worst.
Hansson acknowledged the list and tried to move on (you can read his internal communications here), but employees pressed the issue.
Hansson did not reply to a request for comment from The Verge on Friday.
That’s some fun context I was missing, of course it’s because they’re mad that making fun of people’s names was sometimes racist :agony-immense:
how many times do we see something like this play out and yet they dont learn their lesson?
I would love to see capitalists continually eat shit like this over and over
I propose we let this megathread stand until at least tomorrow night because May Day is an excellent holiday.
:Care-Comrade: :CommiePOGGERS: HAPPY MAYDAY COMRADES :CommiePOGGERS: :Care-Comrade:
