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by ParetoOptimal 834 days ago
They mean that politics and ideology are what your boss is going by to determine whether to give you or your coworker a raise. Or at the least it plays a large part.

Even if you dont talk about politics you are subject to the forces of it.
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FirmwareBurner 834 days ago
But politics is changed at the voting booths or via engagement with your lawmakers, not wit your employer. Your employer will only follow the laws set by the state, not by the employees (unless we're talking about a cooperative which Google isn't)
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ParetoOptimal 834 days ago
Employees or employers political views can be affected by others.

I realize you don't want to encourage people discussing politics in the workspace and it being 100% ineffective would improve your arguments.

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ParetoOptimal 834 days ago
Also, consider the visibility of their protest after getting fired and discussions like this happening across the web.

And no, not all of those discussions end with "keep politics out of f work" and instead focus on how googlers are or arent complicit in powering genocide in t he e project presentation interrupted.

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FirmwareBurner 834 days ago
> instead focus on how googlers are or arent complicit in powering genocide in t he e project presentation interrupted

Yes, and Googlers who are against that can put a stop that by quitting their jobs in protest. You can't go around and publicly slander your company calling them genocidal, while still being employed there, just because they don't do what you'd want them to do, without expecting repercussions when you don't follow your contractual agreement.

You are free to do that after you resign and no longer have the responsibility to follow your contract, which probably stated your job is to be a coding cog, not a PR public speaker for the company policies.

Even in Europe(the German speaking countries), if you publicly accuse your employer of causing genocide, you'd better bring some hard proof to back that up(other than your emotional feelings), otherwise you can not only get fired on the spot but also sued for libel/slander and have to pay defamation damages.

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