This isn't great leadership. It's the abdication of leadership. It's the equivalent of telling your employees to "shut up and dribble."https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1310583298666696705 …
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Tech companies used to welcome lively debate about ideas and society. It was part of the social contract inside the company, and it's what differentiated tech culture from, say, Wells Fargo culture. Now it's considered a distraction.
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Abandoning the social contract with employees in favor of a purely economic contract in the guise of "championship team" bs makes you a bank with a mission nobody really believes. Good luck getting the best engineers in the world to work at a bank.
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Smart people have believed exactly the opposite for decades and built massive companies in tech on this theory. I personally think they’re amongst the best founders and managers in the business.https://www.google.com/amp/s/hbr.org/amp/2013/06/tours-of-duty-the-new-employer-employee-compact …
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There's a difference between building a massive company and being a great leader, right? But i'll go re-read tours of duty because i generally think i need to re-think something if i disagree with you.
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I think Armstrong is not the leader he’ll be in 10 years. We could take shots at a younger you as well. To my the big issue is how you create environments that maximize your employees. You want that. They want that. He’s trying here and that’s valid. Dunking on him is a copout.
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Most folks want to work in an environment free from today's vitriolic politics. sure,
@coinbase will lose folks who are passionate about politics/social issues, but they will gain a massive influx of talent that wants work to be about work and work only42 replies 69 retweets 1,757 likes -
I agree. The vast majority workers want to be effective and supported professionally in an ethical env. This will be rough for people who want an activist job on a tech person’s salary, but life is about choices. If you want to get paid to be an activist, join a non-profit.
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