> Blood money is fine with us, says GitLab: Vetting non-evil
> customers is 'time consuming, potentially distracting'
If that isn't a divisive title, I don't know what is. This should be labelled as an opinion piece.
> Code-hosting biz also bans staff from talking politics at
> work
Good, it's the work place - it's for work. Some freedoms are restricted whilst at work, for example at home I can walk around naked - that doesn't tend to do down so well at work.
> It was proposed to clarify that GitLab is committed to
> doing business with "customers with values that are
> incompatible with our own values."
This seems like a no-brainer, the article literally lists a bunch of examples where companies that get politically activate have their efforts backfire. I commend GitLab for this.
> customers is 'time consuming, potentially distracting'
If that isn't a divisive title, I don't know what is. This should be labelled as an opinion piece.
> Code-hosting biz also bans staff from talking politics at
> work
Good, it's the work place - it's for work. Some freedoms are restricted whilst at work, for example at home I can walk around naked - that doesn't tend to do down so well at work.
> It was proposed to clarify that GitLab is committed to
> doing business with "customers with values that are
> incompatible with our own values."
This seems like a no-brainer, the article literally lists a bunch of examples where companies that get politically activate have their efforts backfire. I commend GitLab for this.