Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

Many Bay Area tech companies are considering mandating everyone WFH this week but don’t want to be publicly first to avoid being seen as panicking, social media derision, etc. Learned behavior after A16z was mocked for a (CDC-recommended) “no handshakes, please” sign.

The outbreak will likely continue for months, so mandatory WFH now would implicitly be a vote for shutting down the office for months. Are you saying the weight of this consideration pales next to the risk of a mean Recode post for Bay Area execs?

1) WFH starting today helps break exponential compounding in Bay Area. 2) Not saying it’s right; I personally wouldn’t care about the mocking/derision if I was an exec at a company right now. Just making an observation based on conversations over the last 3-4 days.

sounds like a outbreak to me

You tweeted at me. I answered in good faith. You ignored my point about WFH starting today helping stop the exponential compounding of the virus in the Bay Area. You replied with a joke.

I attempted humor, but I'm also being sincere in the point I'm making: if people you're talking to are weighing social media shame over health and business considerations, that's messed up, and they need to stop being snowflakes.

How about the good folks in your line of work take some goddamn responsibility for the way you shape the options and incentives of the people you harass for a paycheck? Christ al-fucking-mighty.

Like, literally don't pile on people taking precautions in the interest of public health for a shot at more eyeballs on your byline. This not hard.