[xmprt]

A piece of advice I've taken to heart is whenever I'm sending something in writing, to think about how I would feel if I needed to repeat the same things in court or if I found those messages in the news. Not that I've ever said anything near that egregious but it still helps.

[ben0x539]

Whenever I'm discussing something in person I think about how I would feel if it turned out my employer was breaking the law and me not putting it in writing stopped the injured parties from obtaining just compensation.

[dylan604]

It sounds like you have a soul and/or morals. The people writing the emails in TFA clearly have neither.

[hiatus]

So send a follow up email post meeting recapitulating the key points.

[ornornor]

Sorry, you’re not FAANG material.

[GeoAtreides]

When putting down something in writing, you should also remember cardinal Richelieu's quote: "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him."

[Kye]

"Dance like no one is watching; email like it may one day be read aloud in a deposition." - Olivia Nuzzi

https://web.archive.org/web/20141214193908/https://twitter.c...

[ryandrake]

The way I heard it from a corporate counsel is "The E in E-mail stands for Evidence."

[b800h]

More importantly these days, have the same thought every time you write a comment on Slack or Teams.

[NBJack]

And this is exactly why so many of the larger companies are embracing either more ephemeral messaging modes or outright deleting history.

https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2024/01/26/feds-warn-compani...

[jdthedisciple]

elaborate? was there some specific case?

[mschuster91]

Trouble at many orgs regarding the Israel vs Palestine conflict. No matter on which side of that clusterfuck you are - unless you are in a lobbyist group for either side, someone at your org will be offended and raise a stink.

[b800h]

No, just that there's no reason that your instant messages can't be used against you, and in some organisations, regulations mean that the chat history has to be logged and kept.

[StressedDev]

This is excellent advice. Another thing I will add is if something is not ethical, misleading, or dishonest, just do not do it. The world will be a better place if people behave ethically. Also, I strongly suspect that long term success in business requires ethical conduct.

[mega_dean]

"Did you see Brian's hat? He's still fucking wearing it."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO2k-BNySLI

[dankwizard]

Don't do the voice