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Basecamp work culture takes a regressive turn as company’s leadership bans politics at work

by Meenal Sharma
April 27, 2021
in Business, Story, Trending
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Basecamp, an American software giant based in Chicago, Illinois has taken a decision that has baffled everyone in silicon valley. It has issued a new etiquette rule regarding the behavior of employees around politics when they are at work. This decision can largely alter workplace culture.

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The company has explicitly stated that the world we live in changing and our opinions take a dark turn very often in conversations. Words are taken out of context and interpreted in ways they shouldn’t have. The company wants its employees to steer clear of conversations that can take a dark turn. It believes that these conversations are no longer healthy for work culture as they have become “stressful, unnerving and counterproductive”. Hence, the company co-founders Jason Fried and David Hansonn have requested everyone not to use Basecamp or HEY to discuss politics at work.

content of the statement released by coinbase

The company’s controversial move drew some serious flack on Twitter from employees and other users. What the company saw as a move to increase productivity, people saw as a move to suppress workplace discussion.  For years, the company has marketed itself as being untouched by the vices of capitalism and this step is being regarded as the complete opposite where only production matters and discussion has no place.

Before this Coinbase has also decided to implement a “Shut up & work policy” which was regarded as regressive and wrong. People were very dismayed by the decision and reacted with harsh words.

https://twitter.com/lizthegrey/status/1386763650283704323

The idea has been called bad which will give rise to toxic work culture only favorable to privileged communities and would exploit the marginalized people of the workforce that forms a big chunk of silicon valley. The idea of banning political discussions at the workplace seems to be against the idea of inclusivity.

I am genuinely impressed by this post. They really just took every possible bad leadership idea and ran with every single one of them
https://t.co/Q5rso1sS62

— Ian Coldwater 📦💥 (@IanColdwater) April 26, 2021

Some people went further to say that the company’s policies were against the changes that are occurring and demanded by the marginalized. Others called the co-founders hypocrite for taking part in political dialogs and preventing their employees from the same.

https://twitter.com/rakyll/status/1386769285851148288

 

 

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Meenal Sharma is a Journalism and mass communication student. She is a deadline-oriented journalist with a passion for telling unique stories. She understands the impact of words and strives to deliver factual recollection of events. Meenal is currently working as an intern at Techstory and can be reached at [email protected] For Editorial/article enquiries on Techstory please reach us at [email protected]

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