The work culture at rich tech companies (people read something upsetting in the news and want to discuss and 'process' it on company time) is so alien from most people's experience of work that it makes me despair for ever finding common ground with the actual working class
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I remember an early Tech Solidarity meeting where a number of electricians joined us to talk about organizing. "What do you guys want?" they asked. The tech workers had no clear answer. "Well, a lot of us were getting electrocuted, so we started a union" the electricians said.
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High-end tech jobs are like college that never ends. People want their dean of students and codes of conduct and for everything to be ultimately fair and properly adjudicated by the administrators. It makes the workforce extraordinarily passive, as students ultimately are
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I don't get it, you are both complaining about them being too politically involved *and* too passive at the same time?
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I'm arguing that endless internal message board drama is in fact an effective way of passivating employees, and not a form of political activity at all
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I'd agree with that. I'm torn on this, because personally I am very political, but I also understand that certain conversations are uncomfortable and unproductive... and yet, I don't want to start making certain topics verboten by decree. That sounds like another path to drama.
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I think just moving this stuff off company resources is an essential first step. The issue of when discussion becomes a glue trap is one we face everywhere (this fine site included!) but having it happen on management turf is a terrible idea
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