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Basecamp FOLDS on Non-Woke Workplace Policy, Suspends Exec After Employee Cries

"I am very sure I don’t treat people in a racist way,” now-departed chief strategist said. "If you want to debate whether [white supremacy] exists anywhere, then yeah. But not here at this company, not with the people I associate with.”

Luke Rosiak
Basecamp FOLDS on Non-Woke Workplace Policy, Suspends Exec After Employee Cries
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Days after banning politics from the workplace to keep employees focused on their mission rather than distracted by wokeness, software firm Basecamp appears to have reversed course, suspending its chief strategist after he said he does not believe the company is white supremacist and after employees reportedly cried and screamed.

For a few glittering moments, it looked like Basecamp could be a new model for companies.

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