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What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company to hire an outside investigator. (www.theverge.com)

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Linus Media Group CEO Terren Tong also responded via email, saying he was “shocked at the allegations and the company described” in Reeve’s posts. He went on to note that “as part of this process, beyond an internal review we will also be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations and will commit to publish the findings and implementing any corrective actions that may arise because of this.”

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[–] galloog1 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your opinion is what leads to environments where this ends up happening. By anticipating it, organizations can address it. If you expect people to be good and do not put controls in place, you are arguably negligent. It is not illegal to work harder for your business. Culture not intentionally shifting as it grows larger naturally creates a gray area where people can be exploited.

Alternatively, to not allow small organizations to work hard while being nimble is to defer the entire space to increasingly consolidating large corporations with these cultural checks in place. A corporatocracy has it's own issues with organizational exploitation.

Just saying "be better" is not helpful because it is not actionable.

[–] MotoAsh -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am in no way what so ever either condoning the behavior or calling for a reduction in external tools for abused employees. What the hell are you even reading, because it's not my posts?

It is YOUR attitude that creates room for abuse. You are directly saying it should be OK for small businesses to overwork their employees, yet it is me who is creating room for the behavior?!?

Get your head on straight.

[–] galloog1 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is not acceptable and it happens every time in every organization, business or not as it grows. Simply saying that it is unacceptable without adding to the conversation is what you are doing.

You should reconsider your language when you communicate. Words matter in tone and content. You have very little content but a lot of tone.

[–] MotoAsh -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't happen in every business, though. Saying that just belies the bad experience you've had.

Saying it is normal and happens all the time is language of normalition. If you understand it's not good, stop making excuses for it. Stop saying things that sound like excuses.

Poe's Law exists and causes tons of problems. It is YOUR language that is concerning if abusive work places should be viewed as a problem.

[–] galloog1 2 points 1 year ago

It doesn't happen in every business because many account for it and address it in their growth strategies. I would love to see mitigations of these horrible things normalized. Otherwise you allow them to happen. I'm not sure what you think you are attacking here but you've singled in on some portion of my narrative and taken it in a way no one else has.