How do you guys navigate the current political tensions at work?
I was wondering how you guys are handling politics at work. I understand that a lot of people are of the opinion that politcis should be discussed as little as possible at work, especially with colleagues you don't know that well. However it seems that politics is almost impossible to avoid these days, either directly or indirectly. When things like ESG, climate stuff, affirmative action, safety in the subways etc are discussed it quickly evolves into a political discussion. And people seem to be less and less tolerant to other viewpoints My personal viewpoints are not often inline with the mainstream orthodoxy so this makes these kind of situations a bit tricky, especially with people who are of any importance.
Our HR team in the US (only in the US to US staff) sent out an email about this, what to do, what not, ..
They also added a leaflet someone gave them about safety during your commute, after work events and more.
The NYC staff found that very valuable.
The EU/UK teams received no such email or leaflet and, as you know, these things are commonly never discussed at the office anyway. I have never heard anyone discuss politics in our London offices.
Best policy is just not to discuss it, honestly. There is zero benefit to voicing a controversial (or even non-controversial) opinion or having a discussion about politics at work, and a whole lot of downside.
Things like affirmative action shouldn't be coming up at work - if they are just say like wow, I saw that article. Crazy. Something completely non-answering it and don't get into it.
Even on firm-related things like ESG/climate... if you don't like it but your company is big on it, keep it to yourself. There's just no benefit to having a whole debate about it at work and you will only make enemies, you're not going to convince anyone
Yeah I agree, just makes having a casual conversation about current events or sports a bit trickier and or even annoying.
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