Kudos to their CEO for this message. I wish other valley companies would do the same *cough*#tech https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804 We’ve clarified this new agreement in some new internal communication guidelines that we published in the last month, but in summary it says: We won’t: * Debate causes or political candidates internally when unrelated to our mission * Expect the company to represent our personal beliefs externally * Assume negative intent, or not have each others back * Take on activism outside of our core mission at work I recognize that our approach is not for everyone, and may be controversial. I know that many people may not agree, and some employees may resign. I also know that some of what I’ve written above will be misinterpreted, whether accidentally or on purpose. But I believe it’s the right approach for Coinbase that will set us up for success long term, and I would rather be honest and transparent about that than equivocate and work in a company that is not aligned.
I think I'm in love with Coinbase.
FB and Google need to enforce this strictly. Too many SJWs at FB can't wait to start a controversy if someone disagree with them.
If we ask the ceo, what his favorite book is, I’m sure he would say “The Fountainhead”. Seems like an objectivist. While it’s not a bad thing, his obsession with work, profit, work ethos is weird. Please don’t forget that the companies who indulge SJWs aren’t doing bad. Their employees might complain here and there but the stocks are not doing bad. For all the sermon on mission driven culture, companies like coinbase having or not having SJWs will have zero bearing on their valuation. Honestly, there are people who do work and continue to do work inspite of all the drama happening and they are there in all companies. At the end of the day, seems like a PR stunt. An anti-woke PR stunt, something opposite of what Uber did a few days ago
Very true. All actions in today's world are political. They are also virtue signalling, it's just that the virtues they favour are more appealing to another political group.
Also, your comment about "The Fountainhead" seems bang on target now that I think about it. Libertarians love cryptocurrency after all.
Can I get a referral, my kind of company!...and I’m big on crypto 😎
Not a good look for Coinbase
The CEO sounds like what online trolls call “a triggered snowflake”
Hey, don't drag us into this!
How bad has the internal turbulence gotten there that the CEO had to make a public statement on this?
I doubt it - the type of person who would work in a crypto company is the type who would eat up this shit and think "wow this is the company for me." The mainstream bitcoin evangelists are very tied up with the right-wing in tech. This is all about recruitment.
He can get away with this bc coinbase is relatively small compared to Google
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Keeps the company more focused and united. Not a bad move imo.
I don't know how bad things are at coinbase for the ceo to have to post this, but I definitely think this will make it worse.
Why do you think that? I want to hear your perspective.