The example that cited upthread (a smaller ISP) had nothing to do with either of those examples, which are both extremes in terms of corporate culture.
Naming your servers after porn stars is the digital equivalent of having pin ups in your auto shop. Can you not see how this creates a hostile work environment for some employees? It’s inappropriate, unprofessional and unnecessary.
I shouldn’t even need to footnote this by saying that I don’t care whether someone enjoys porn in their personal life. If the business is not about porn, porn shouldn’t be a topic in the business.
Again, it is a matter of workplace culture, that is, the collective understanding of what's ok and what's not in that particular workplace. If everyone's ok with having pornstar names for servers, fine, whatever rocks your boat. I'm for diversity of workplace cultures instead of bland corporatism "safe space" and samethink. And besides, ain't nothing wrong with pinups in the autoshop as long as they do not discriminate them by gender, color and age :)
Naming your servers after porn stars is the digital equivalent of having pin ups in your auto shop. Can you not see how this creates a hostile work environment for some employees? It’s inappropriate, unprofessional and unnecessary.
I shouldn’t even need to footnote this by saying that I don’t care whether someone enjoys porn in their personal life. If the business is not about porn, porn shouldn’t be a topic in the business.