Resistance pro tip: there are never waves of principled resignations https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/1226556397007011842 …
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(For the record, I'm not even a fan of principled resignations. I'm a fan of making them fire you for sticking to their own stated values)
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My apologies to the Reptilian Council for comparing them to Google. That was cold-blooded of me
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This argument isn't even one about people being venal and cynical. If you work at a big evil organization, the people you know there firsthand are likely to be good people! You don't want to let the fellow stormtroopers down when you know they struggle with their own moral qualms
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If you do something principled to break with the group, you're not only doing something difficult for yourself, but making your colleagues, whom you like, look bad for their inaction. They won't forgive you. That's why I have so much respect for people like Romney or Vindman
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In 2016, I watched many in the tech industry pinky-swear that they would resign if the Trump administration crossed red lines that it has since crossed. These were principled, caring people, which makes me believe the organizational and psychological pressures are irresistible
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I can be a loudmouth and a scold because I don't have to make the hard decisions, not working at one of these companies. Then again, I chose not to work at the big tech companies precisely so I could be a loudmouth and a scold
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There is a fascinating optical phenomenon with moral red lines, they will recede just as you approach them
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Stop slandering the good people of the Reptilian Council!
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This is the iron law of dysfunctional orgs: people can always be talked out of principled resignations with a little flattery about how principled they are.
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The absence of a dramatic wave is not a demonstration it doesn’t happen. As you well know, employment is linked to so much of your life, e.g your family. There’s definitely a slow drip these companies are suffering, and I recall many complaining it affects the hiring pipeline.
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The hiring pipeline is affected by the extremely tight labor market in tech that is entering what, its fifteenth year?
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