122
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
122 points (94.9% liked)
politics
18883 readers
3543 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
I'm kinda mixed about this. Not against drag queens. But just at work entertainment in general.
If a company hired a bunch of comedian podcasters who lean hard into anti-woke territory, I'd be pretty peeved. I wouldn't attend, but I'd be annoyed that company dollars went to that.
I went to a workplace event at the shooting range and remember the vegans being pissed at the idea we can shoot photos of animals. Totally understand their perspective.
And another time, I went to a work event where the main event was to watch classic cowboy movies and I noped because those movies bore me.
Not really sure of the answer. Maybe workplace events are just impossible to satisfy anybody.
Agreed. We've had lots of "team building" types of things that might have otherwise been fun (and mostly were), but ours always get turned into something super-competitive. It can't be just "get out and do something as a group", it has to have a set of winners. So our activities always get skewed to something like that. So the actual activity is the very opposite of "team building".
But I guess thing is that the very idea of a "team" at work is total bullshit anyway, at least as far as any company I've ever worked for. Ever notice people don't get compensated as a team? Hell, people don't even know how others are compensated and if the "team" has a success, it's not usually as if they all share in the rewards equally, or even merit-based. It's all gut-feel, combined with who has what title, no matter how much time/effort someone puts in. So someone who was only just added to a "team" weeks before a major initiative is finished gets showered with praise, money, benefits - if they are an executive or at least have the right title/relationship with people making such decisions.
I think workplace events (or offsite ones) just tend to annoy nearly everyone in the actual trenches, if you want to be honest. Add in something that is political in nature and I think it only gets worse.