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At This Startup, Everyone Can Read Each Other's Email (wired.com)
2 points by lxm on Dec 20, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



"IF EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT’S GOING ON, THEY WON’T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO."

This isn't very efficient. At any one point in time, there could be many, many projects that need to be completed. How do I know what to work on? I've worked at many companies and things usually change quickly, which I don't think can be reflected in just an email list.

I'm curious, do all of the upper management use this system too? So if an employee named Frank is going to be let go, will they post this to the mailing list? If not, they aren't being very honest and it's just a system to further control their employees and presented like some sort of great, new, process.

I also can't see people not changing their habits. Today, you can get fired over saying the wrong thing and being "offensive". Why would I want to take the chance and send it to the list?

Even something as simple as "Merry Christmas". I might have a co-worker that thinks it's fine (so I send it to them). But, it offends people on the list because I'm not saying "Happy Holidays".




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