On 5/3/2021 8:55 PM, cshenk wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 5/3/2021 12:53 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
A software company wants employees to avoid societal or political
discussions while working. I didn't see any mention of sports
talk.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/a_software_company_comes_up_with_a_brilliant_corpo rate_speech_policy.html


Wow. I can understand if it is out of hand and stifling actual work
but telling people not to ever express a view is just plain
censorship.

If politics were never discussed at work the Colonies would still be
under the rule of the King of England.

I think it wasn't about opinons can't be expressed, it was about
limits. DOD has the same policy. A CO for example can't call an
all-hands gathering to talk about his strong feeling about candidate X.
Hatch act is related.

Re-reading, this sentence stands out:
1. No more societal and political discussions on our company Basecamp
account.

OK, I can understand that. What is not plain here is what can or cannot
be discussed at other times, like the break room. That should not be
stifled.