• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    There are NO factors for behaving like that in the office. If a young person doesn’t have the basic social skill of shutting the fuck up about politics in the workplace, wouldn’t you say they lack, at the very least, that one simple skill?

    Watch these comments for more evidence. Anyone agreeing with the article’s premise, or trying to add discussion/nuance, is getting downvoted with no reply.

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      In my experience, it’s the boomers who can’t shut the fuck up about politics in the workplace, so trying to lay blame the zoomers for not rolling over and taking it just reeks of more boomer entitlement. shrugs

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      In my experience, it’s the boomers and fellow far right wing that talk politics in the workplace. Especially when they think it’s a safe space for “locker room talk”. Then they accuse the younger generation of being political because they dare to have LGTBQ+ pins, or don’t want to participate with racism or don’t look down on someone for having dyed hair.

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      Calling out someone for being racist, sexist or any of the other behaviors that are no longer acceptable isn’t political, despite one side often labeling it as such.

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        I’m thinking that a lot of the people commenting might work in pretty homogeneous environments.

        I work with people from almost every group, and from every background. Calling people out on this horrendous behaviour maintains a safe work environment, and helps eliminate workplace toxicity. You can’t insult a group without also insulting a coworker. Work culture wise, even if they aren’t the target, people get very angry at the people who talk like that. “Why would you say that about Nimmy? Nimmy’s awesome!”. People should be able to earn their livelihoods in peace, imo.

        At my job, if you insult a coworker through bigotry, you can expect (at minimum) a long talk with HR for the first offense. (Our HR department is also diverse.) A manager was just fired a few months ago for being bigoted. The best part? NO ONE misses them, not even the company a-holes.

        Even from a completely corporate standpoint, it makes sense. You really don’t want that kind of reputation if you want to keep your investors or a family friendly reputation. Media would chew them up and spit them out if they allowed bigotry like that.