One-third of Employees Quit Company After CEO Rejects ‘Woke’ Capitalism, Tells Them to Keep Ideology Out of Workplace

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About one-third of employees of the software company Basecamp quit days after bosses told them to keep ideology out of the workplace and focus on the company’s actual business.

The company, which offers a collaborative project management tool, found itself at the center of a social media storm this week after CEO Jason Fried announced in a blog post on April 26 that employees would no longer be allowed to openly share their “societal and political discussions” at work:

“No more societal and political discussions on our company Basecamp account. Today’s social and political waters are especially choppy. Sensitivities are at 11, and every discussion remotely related to politics, advocacy, or society at large quickly spins away from pleasant.

“You shouldn’t have to wonder if staying out of it means you’re complicit or wading into it means you’re a target. These are difficult enough waters to navigate in life, but significantly more so at work. It’s become too much. It’s a major distraction.”

Reports say one-third of Basecamp employees exit in the wake of new company etiquette

Basecamp published a ‘new etiquette regarding societal politics’, which included a ban on staff talking politics on work platforms, 18 of 57 employees resignedhttps://t.co/iQhLJGC6rK

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Fried told employees in the post that they should take conversations of a political or societal nature to other platforms or their personal Basecamp account:

“It saps our energy and redirects our dialog towards dark places. It’s not healthy, it hasn’t served us well. And we’re done with it on our company Basecamp account where the work happens.

“People can take the conversations with willing co-workers to Signal, Whatsapp, or even a personal Basecamp account, but it can’t happen where the work happens anymore.”

One-Third of Basecamp Employees Quit After Founders Ask Them To Focus On Work, Not Wokeness, At Work
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The people who want their opinions to matter at work, are going to have a hard time finding a job where their opinions matter at work. 😂 #woke #Wokeness

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Inside the all-hands meeting that led to a third of Basecamp employees quitting

Within a few hours of the meeting, at least 20 people — more than one-third of Basecamp’s 57 employees — had announced their intention to accept buyouts from the company.https://t.co/hn1nrkVF5c pic.twitter.com/vcKMO3746Z

— Mark (@_therealmark_) May 4, 2021

One-third of Employees Quit Company After CEO Rejects ‘Woke’ Capitalism, Tells Them to Keep Ideology Out of Workplace

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