Should people have to address work topics vs political topics at work?

[donttread]

Apparently a software company called Base Camp nicely pointed out that employees need to focus on work not social change on paid company time. In any other time in history this would have been understood, probably without the company pointing it out.
But as you can see from the article below employees left the company on a buyout, like 1 out of 3 of them! Apparently they were concerned that their opinion didn't matter unless it was work related. LOL. Yup that's how it goes.
Thoughts?


https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-t...urce=housefile

[FindersKeepers]

If I found out @Leanne was among those who took a buyout, somehow, I would not be surprised.

That said, politics and work don't mix. They never have, and a wise worker keep his or her mouth shut.

[Peter1469]

Keep politics out of the work place.

[Chris]

Work topics only if you want to maintain a professional attitude about work and coworkers.

[Standing Wolf]

I'd say chances are extremely good that the two-thirds who are left were responsible for a great majority of the work that was getting done anyway. No great loss.

[carolina73]

Thinking that someone else's business is your political podium is a mistake. Political harassment has the same effect as sexual harassment in the workplace.

[nathanbforrest45]

Three topics that should never be discussed in any work environment is politics, religion, and sex. All three will merely lead to hostility and failing productivity.

[nathanbforrest45]

I'd say chances are extremely good that the two-thirds who are left were responsible for a great majority of the work that was getting done anyway. No great loss.

Its the old 80/20 rule in reverse. 20 percent of the workforce create 80 percent of the toxic environment at the office.

[The Booman]

The company is better off without them.

[RMNIXON]

I suppose this is a predictable consequence of "Woke" in the workplace when considered from an employers point of view. At what point does it become a distraction and nuisance unrelated to company work?

As someone who had no problem with occasional political discussions at work as long as all views were respected I can't see that any longer. A friend told me not long ago that current Harassment at work training includes political comments that others may find offensive even if they were not directed at a specific person. And we all know who cries the loudest and most often.

If that level of sensitivity is the case then I would rather leave it at the door altogether.