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0 pointswhywhywhywhy8y ago0 comments

To me you're all arguing about the wrong issue.

Some data scientist made a small survey faux pas, and now they're being called out in a lengthy blogpost about how bad and un-inclusive the company was to work for.

How can anyone work with this person without feeling like they're standing on eggshells? How must the woman who wrote the survey who was just doing her job feel today if she reads this?

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roywiggins8y ago

The post would never have been written if the author of the question hadn't immediately escalated by complaining to her manager. The data scientist was not walking on eggshells- they felt perfectly justified in escalating the situation. Even the manager didn't have a problem with how she'd handled it!

I read it as an indictment of the company and its procedures. The data scientist was not even named. The bulk of the post is indicting management, HR, company culture, and insane bureaucratic nightmares designed to push someone out.

whywhywhywhyOP8y ago

> they felt perfectly justified in escalating the situation

So they should have been, being accused of transphobia is a serious accusation. Anyone accused of anything like transphobia, homophobia, islamaphobia or any other of these discriminations is absolutely right to escalate the matter straight away to their manager or HR.

> The data scientist was not even named

She was gendered, how many data scientists work at GH? How many are female? She was narrowed down enough that she may as well have been named IMHO and transphobic is a serious mark on her character. Especially from someone who has tried to push people off projects before for being transphobic.

roywiggins8y ago

If the account is to be believed, she was not accused of transphobia. She was told about a question that was misphrased. Even the author's manager couldn't articulate anything she'd done wrong.

The "transphobia" judgement by the poster comes later in the post, and it is addressed to the question itself, not the author of the question.

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whywhywhywhyOP8y ago

> they felt perfectly justified in escalating the situation

> The data scientist was not even named

roywiggins8y ago

If the account is to be believed, she was not accused of transphobia. She was told about a question that was misphrased. Even the author's manager couldn't articulate anything she'd done wrong.

The "transphobia" judgement by the poster comes later in the post, and it is addressed to the question itself, not the author of the question.

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