I don’t think I’d be comfortable talking about stuff on a work chat, but this sounds like it was specifically a support group chat for lgbtq+ employees. The entire point of that would be to discuss that aspect of themselves.
I think for younger people, this is probably feeling like a betrayal. Almost like, “The boss said smoking was OK as long as we stayed in the smoking area and didn’t litter our butts everywhere, but then they just up and fired everyone that took smoke breaks the other day.”
“Don’t smoke at work” is an easy thing to say, and most people adhere to that in general. But it’s still fucked up to fire the smokers, when company policy just literal days before was “it’s fine, just follow these basic rules.”
Older people grew up keeping their private life private a lot more than younger people today, who have grown up online having their data mined constantly. Just by the nature of having grown up without ubiquitous data harvesting devices feeding analytics companies, we had more privacy as a default condition.
These particular folks were told they had a safe space for the chats they had, and then the rug was pulled from under them.
But it was a group chat for work. In anything even a little bit security driven it’s only for work related activities, just like email. I can’t imagine talking about anything related to sex or medical operations on teams.
It may have just been a meme dump, or a place to vent and get support.
Maybe someone is asking how well insurance covers a procedure or how to ask the doctor. Maybe someone is asking what is considered proper etiquette post-transition when they’re in a new social role. Maybe someone is asking who wants to get drinks after work.
I doubt it was gorey or pornographic. As you say, it’s work.
I’d imagine that spy work requires a fair amount of social skill and socially being aware of your partners and their ticks and habits and personality. Like in many professions, socializing is part of the job.
Every example you gave is still inappropriate, as they are not about work. I worked in the public sector and that would have been shut down. Federal employees are held to a higher standard, especially if they have a high security clearance. They get funny about spending because it is tax payers dollars. Using a work computer on a government account during paid hours to talk about personal things, nope. There are a bunch of rules they were breaking.
I’m not saying they they weren’t targeted, but they were still in the wrong.
I don’t think I’d be comfortable talking about stuff on a work chat, but this sounds like it was specifically a support group chat for lgbtq+ employees. The entire point of that would be to discuss that aspect of themselves.
Edit: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-new-mccarthyism-lgbtq-purges
That makes a bit more sense but I still wouldn’t trust it. We can get together outside of work.
I think for younger people, this is probably feeling like a betrayal. Almost like, “The boss said smoking was OK as long as we stayed in the smoking area and didn’t litter our butts everywhere, but then they just up and fired everyone that took smoke breaks the other day.”
“Don’t smoke at work” is an easy thing to say, and most people adhere to that in general. But it’s still fucked up to fire the smokers, when company policy just literal days before was “it’s fine, just follow these basic rules.”
Older people grew up keeping their private life private a lot more than younger people today, who have grown up online having their data mined constantly. Just by the nature of having grown up without ubiquitous data harvesting devices feeding analytics companies, we had more privacy as a default condition.
These particular folks were told they had a safe space for the chats they had, and then the rug was pulled from under them.
But it was a group chat for work. In anything even a little bit security driven it’s only for work related activities, just like email. I can’t imagine talking about anything related to sex or medical operations on teams.
It may have just been a meme dump, or a place to vent and get support.
Maybe someone is asking how well insurance covers a procedure or how to ask the doctor. Maybe someone is asking what is considered proper etiquette post-transition when they’re in a new social role. Maybe someone is asking who wants to get drinks after work.
I doubt it was gorey or pornographic. As you say, it’s work.
I’d imagine that spy work requires a fair amount of social skill and socially being aware of your partners and their ticks and habits and personality. Like in many professions, socializing is part of the job.
Every example you gave is still inappropriate, as they are not about work. I worked in the public sector and that would have been shut down. Federal employees are held to a higher standard, especially if they have a high security clearance. They get funny about spending because it is tax payers dollars. Using a work computer on a government account during paid hours to talk about personal things, nope. There are a bunch of rules they were breaking.
I’m not saying they they weren’t targeted, but they were still in the wrong.
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