You think Americans dont hate corporationsWhile I am a leftist and a European which apparently makes me view corporations quite... bad contrary to the average American, this is pure lunacy, people here struggle to get the bare minimum in terms of wages, work hours, and work places yet there are people that have time to whine and protest about things like that, I guess it's so damned important to brag about what we do in our bedrooms nowadays.
And, mind you, I heavily support LGBTQ when they fight against discrimination and for their rights.
"If we see the company rainbow-wash their logo without making any substantive statement in support of trans people being abused nationwide in the US and elsewhere, especially after stating that the company doesn't want to make any statement not supported by the diverse viewpoints of our 13,000 employees, we collectively walk out on Friday, June 3rd,"I have a feeling 90% of the people responding here didn't read the article.
Makes sense they wanted more than just a logo change.
Totally.Good. Changing corporate logos in the US, Western Europe and not changing it in Russia, Middle East was always a statement itself. Sad to see how many higly educated people thinks that corparates care about stuff like this. It was always PR
Are you saying that there isn't any abuse to trans people in the US or elsewhere in the world? You must be joking"If we see the company rainbow-wash their logo without making any substantive statement in support of trans people being abused nationwide in the US and elsewhere, especially after stating that the company doesn't want to make any statement not supported by the diverse viewpoints of our 13,000 employees, we collectively walk out on Friday, June 3rd,"
What about this makes sense to you? What abuse?
There's an entire month dedicated to that community. There's tons of donations that are being done on their behalf. Language & speech is changed on the daily. Legislation is altered to suit their whims and the list goes on and on.Are you saying that there isn't any abuse to trans people in the US or elsewhere in the world? You must be joking
There's an entire month dedicated to that community. There's tons of donations that are being done on their behalf. Language & speech is changed on the daily. Legislation is altered to suit their whims and the list goes on and on.
I don't doubt that there are insular instances of abuse but I reckon they pale in comparison to other groups (such as women, hello!) who make up a much larger portion of society and get far less attention. I'm not saying we shouldn't spend money and attention to good causes, no matter how small, but the level of hysteria that side keeps perpetuating is absolute bollocks.
As long as they can generate some goodwill and sales from a niche group of people who actually think they are doing this in the goodness of their hearts, they've obviously never worked in the marketing department doing these ideas and the finance department approving the costs.
The only thing some employees are saying to their employer is: "If you want to participate, do more than just change your logo". Response of EA was:"We agree we'll do more".There's an entire month dedicated to that community. There's tons of donations that are being done on their behalf. Language & speech is changed on the daily. Legislation is altered to suit their whims and the list goes on and on.
I don't doubt that there are insular instances of abuse but I reckon they pale in comparison to other groups (such as women, hello!) who make up a much larger portion of society and get far less attention. I'm not saying we shouldn't spend money and attention to good causes, no matter how small, but the level of hysteria that side keeps perpetuating is absolute bollocks.
What about tenure and negotiating starting salary? With annual tenure, everyone at the office makes their 2-3% creep up.That's it. I don't think it's so weird that you expect one of the biggest gaming companies to do more, just like you expect them to pay everyone equal based on their job and performance.
My issue isn't any one cause. It's the fact there are so many causes out there and things like an entire month for any one cause is excessive. Why do we look to corpos for this sort of shit? What's the end goal? A month long awareness campaign for each of the 100s of worthy causes? Cool stack them up, update the calendars in everyone's phone and sit back to watch your specific backed cause show up once every 25 years.
Stupid shit. Just let support personally and professionally bubble up from each organically. Some will support things that affect their kids, some the industries they're in and all that you know...diversity. We don't all need to back the same shit for 1/12th of the year FFS.
Negotiating starting salary doesn't work in my company. You get paid by what you do and your experience, and everyone can know other people's wages, full transparency.What about tenure and negotiating starting salary? With annual tenure, everyone at the office makes their 2-3% creep up.
If I've been at the company for 10 years and make $100,000 doing job X. Why should someone come in and make the same being here for only 2 years?
If I negotiate a $10k pay bump with HR to hire me, why should someone getting hired for the same job doing zero negotiating but accepting the first offer get a $10k pay hike too?
Wait what happened with Disney?Ask Disney how virtue signaling at gunpoint worked out for them.
Awe so sweet! ThanksSeems like a good time to say love you, GayGaf.
I used to think organised religion was bad......but this pride stuff is something else.
Florida Gov threw a fit. Disney fine, they’ll buy EA if they get depressed.Wait what happened with Disney?
Florida Governor wanted to protect young children 3rd grade and under from sex talks by groomers and other weirdos.Florida Gov threw a fit. Disney fine, they’ll buy EA if they get depressed.
Seriously... how do you cope with life in general when you're this sensible and as easily offended as these people.Lol the ole “Silence is violence” I see… this generation is so void of finding purpose or meaning in their own lives, they fill that need by being proxy martyrs for social causes, and then make that part of their identity itself. It’s just so sad…
Identity politics is one hell of a drug, especially if you have no other troubles in life.Lol the ole “Silence is violence” I see… this generation is so void of finding purpose or meaning in their own lives, they fill that need by being proxy martyrs for social causes, and then make that part of their identity itself. It’s just so sad…
Yeah that would be good. That also means that there is no need to critize, jugde or hate people for their sexuality too. Gay couples get a lot of hate for just living their life and holding hands in public. Thats a sad fact, but it is a fact.Good. No need to shove your sexual preferences on us. We don't owe you anything and you are not entitled for anything either.
Whatever that law is, isnt what we are talking about. Could careless about the politics since Im not gay nor someone that drools over conservative bait feed.Florida Governor wanted to protect young children 3rd grade and under from sex talks by groomers and other weirdos.
Disney tried to get in the middle of it and vowed to use its power to strong arm the government into reversing the decision.
That’s my understanding at least, and assuming I have the facts straight, I support Florida’s governor 100%
...its eiterh pure ignorance,
Florida passed a law preventing teachers from discussing things of a sexual nature with students under the age of 8. A law that seems to be common sense but that these days needed to be on the books. For some reason the LGBT lobby decided that law was anti-LGBT because it wouldn't allow them to groom, indoctrinate and confuse little kids anymore so they started calling the bill the "don't say gay" bill even though the word gay isn't even in the bill. The lobby then went to Disney, a so called "ally" and a huge company in Florida to campaign against it. At first Disney said, we're staying out of this, lawmaking isn't what we do. But then the lobby and Disney LGBT employees raised a fuss on social media and Disney backtracked and grovelled in apology before the mob and started actively campaigning against the bill; a bill that the vast majority of Florida voters supported. So basically they were opposing democracy. This pissed off Florida's governor who decided to revoke Disney's special rights in Florida. Basically Disney was operating as its own independent nation within the state, they had total self-governance on their land, they could build what they wanted, do what they wanted and paid no state taxes. This was an old agreement dating back 60 years and it was very advantageous for Disney, but now they lost it because of their undemocratic activism.Wait what happened with Disney?