Report: Employees Scream and Cry After Exec Says They Don’t Live in a ‘White Supremacist Culture’
Nearly one-third of software company Basecamp’s employees resigned after a Zoom call with leadership where workers cried and screamed because one of the executives rejected the notion that they “live in a white supremacist culture,” The Verge reported Monday.
The meeting occurred Friday days after Basecamp’s CEO Jason Fried announced in a blog post that the company would prohibit “societal and political discussions” on the company’s internal chat forum because they were “not healthy,” according to The Verge.
At Basecamp, the head of strategy denied white supremacy at the company. As a result, two employees "found themselves crying and screaming at the screen." https://t.co/2oCrLBw6CF pic.twitter.com/IwK6qqf3uG
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) May 4, 2021
During Friday’s all-hands meeting, Basecamp’s head of strategy denied that white supremacy existed at the company.
30 minutes later, he had been suspended. This weekend, he resigned — leaving along with at least 20 others.
Here’s how Basecamp blew up: https://t.co/LYpfDaessx
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) May 4, 2021
In April, The Verge reported that employees took issue with a long-standing company practice of maintaining a list of “funny” company names, which some employees argued could lead to racist violence and even genocide. Many names were reportedly of American or European origin, but some were Asian or African. (Read more from “Report: Employees Scream and Cry After Exec Says They Don’t Live in a ‘White Supremacist Culture’” HERE)
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