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by M2Ys4U 1948 days ago
So this is in the Twitter thread[0] that sparked this off:

>I’ve personally seen harassing messages sent by PJ to other Organizing Committee members. Heard him denigrate other colleagues. He and I had a meeting, where I begged him simply not to attack the union. He told me he was slacking with Sruthi and that she had “called me a piece of shit and asked him to tell me.” I told him that we weren’t going to disrespect each other. He said “Well let me stop slacking with Sruthi.”

I think that's toxic, don't you?

[0] https://twitter.com/eeddings/status/1361789128006897668

1 comments

Honestly, no. A one-off event around a really stressful time (forcing unionization on a small company) is not indicative of a toxic workplace. It's a bad look for management, but I don't think that means the workplace is toxic.
You keep seeming to miss where its clearly stated it isn't about a one-ff event.

"The BA staffers’ stories deserve to be told, but to me it’s damaging to have that reporting and storytelling come from two people who have actively and AGGRESSIVELY worked against multiple efforts to diversify Gimlet’s staff & content"

And Gimlet isn't a small company! They were bought for $230 million.