Thinking About a Company-Wide Screed Explosion? Not Only
The “10-page tie against diversity,” for which a Google employee was fired this week, is a prime example of a myriad of social ills. Aside from the broader issues of systematic harassment, workplace harassment, misogyny, and racism that plague the tech industry in general, there is a simpler lesson to learn here: if you had a message board, blog, or company-wide Slack. channel, maybe get some common sense before criticizing the entire staff, including your bosses? Even if what you post is more innocuous than a full gender indictment, use the same rule of thumb here that you should use for social media in general: When in doubt, just don’t post it. We promise that you will never regret it.