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RWSGFY
2020 Jun 11, 3:55pm
RWSGFY
2020 Jun 11, 3:55pm
I guess it will be the end of anonymous questions and comments at that company.
PS. I LOL'd when I received a link to an "anonymous survey" from my employer which contained my employee id as a part of the URL.
PS. I LOL'd when I received a link to an "anonymous survey" from my employer which contained my employee id as a part of the URL.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2020 Jun 11, 5:36pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2020 Jun 11, 5:36pm
"We need to obsess over infected toenail deaths every day for every year until the number of infected toenail deaths is 0"
"5 deaths from infected toenails each year, but 5000 from heart attacks."
"ARE YOU TRYING TO DEFLECT FROM THE 5 VERY BAD INFECTED TOENAIL DEATHS? YOU KNOW WHO DID THAT? HITLER, YOU NAZI!"
"5 deaths from infected toenails each year, but 5000 from heart attacks."
"ARE YOU TRYING TO DEFLECT FROM THE 5 VERY BAD INFECTED TOENAIL DEATHS? YOU KNOW WHO DID THAT? HITLER, YOU NAZI!"
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clambo
2020 Jun 11, 6:19pm
What a joke. I would avoid the indoctrination if I could.
I was dating a female in San Francisco years ago.
She had issues and saw a therapist of some kind.
At her job she was required to attend a “diversity” lesson or some such.
“So, you’re paying for a therapist to help you with your self esteem; will you be reimbursed after the damage they do laying a white guilt trip on you? You might need to see the therapist an extra session.”
She thought I was insensitive and other bad things.
I was dating a female in San Francisco years ago.
She had issues and saw a therapist of some kind.
At her job she was required to attend a “diversity” lesson or some such.
“So, you’re paying for a therapist to help you with your self esteem; will you be reimbursed after the damage they do laying a white guilt trip on you? You might need to see the therapist an extra session.”
She thought I was insensitive and other bad things.
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Karloff
2020 Jun 11, 7:49pm
Karloff
2020 Jun 11, 7:49pm
I've managed to avoid every one of those diversity programming seminars the companies I've worked for held. Not merely because I'd rather not waste my time subjecting myself to that indoctrination dogma nonsense, but they use these things to weed out people who refuse to be brainwashed and accept the conditioning. They know it'll piss off anyone with morals and a sense of real equality to the point where you have to call out their bullshit, and that's it, you're on one of their "lists". Kiss progression in that company goodbye, and watch as they start trying to drum up a reason to fire you.
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WookieMan
2025 May 29, 11:10am
WookieMan
2025 May 29, 11:10am
Patrick says
I love not needing or wanting LinkedIn. I'm fortunate, but for some people they feel they need it. I'll make $100k with no resume once my oldest starts driving. Don't need the money, but want to work full time again. Right now I'm the happiest I've been.
Wife does an amazing job, but it's easy for her. She could network with a raccoon or bear and get them to buy something.
LinkedIn is entirely about self-promotion at all costs.
I love not needing or wanting LinkedIn. I'm fortunate, but for some people they feel they need it. I'll make $100k with no resume once my oldest starts driving. Don't need the money, but want to work full time again. Right now I'm the happiest I've been.
Wife does an amazing job, but it's easy for her. She could network with a raccoon or bear and get them to buy something.
“We’ll spend most of our time together in open discussion, so please consider bringing questions or experiences you’d like to share,” read the invitation email to staff.
LinkedIn employees followed those instructions precisely....
Throughout the meeting, which was conducted by videochat and featured a sidebar where employees could leave comments, several anonymous staffers shared opinions echoing the detractors and skeptics of the Black Lives Matter movement. Several of these commenters criticized LinkedIn’s position on diversity hiring, equating such practices with racism against white people.
“As a non-minority, all this talk makes me feel like I am supposed to feel guilty of my skin color. I feel like I should let someone less qualified fill my position. Is that ok? It appears that I am a prisoner of my birth,” one commenter wrote. “This is not what Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted for anyone.”
“I believe giving any racial group privilege over others in a zero sum game would not get any support by others. Any thoughts on hurting others while giving privileges with the rosy name called diversity?” read another employee comment.
“George’s killers need to be tried according to law. But how can hiring more minorities into manager roles and C-suite positions address cop racism? I thought hiring at LinkedIn is based on merit alone.”
Other LinkedIn staff went further, complaining in the comments that police violence against white people was undercovered, and attempting to pivot the conversation to black-on-black crime instead.
“Blacks kill blacks at 50 times the rate that whites kill blacks. Usually it is the result of gang violence in the inner city. Where is the outcry?” one commenter said, echoing a common anti-BLM talking point deflecting from concerns about state violence against the black community.
“This tragic incident that happened to George Floyd happened exactly the same to Tony Timpa (white man) by Dallas cops in 2016, and no one seemed to care then,” another employee wrote.There were no out cry for justice in his case. Why? Should we not want justice for all?”
“Do we all understand that racial prejudice is about EVERYONE and can go any direction?” wrote another. “Racial prejudice is rampant in tech companies. As a white person, I’ve experienced it from people of other races too.”
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According to one employee who attended the call, LinkedIn asked staff not to share details of the meeting with anyone outside the company.
After The Daily Beast reached out for comment, CEO Ryan Roslansky shared a note addressing employee complaints about the comments, which he said were “appalling” and “offensive.” He said that the presenters were not able to see some of the comments in real time, and acknowledged that granting anonymity on the question form allowed some staff to “add offensive comments without accountability.”
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One anonymous staffer in Wednesday’s meeting seemed to best sum up the event.
“I think the anonymous Q&A platform may have been a mistake lmao.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/linkedin-staffers-go-all-lives-matter-during-dumpster-fire-meeting-on-racism