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Grindr’s Return-to-Office Ultimatum Has Gutted a Uniquely Queer Space in Tech (www.wired.com)

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Grindr’s Return-to-Office Ultimatum Has Gutted a Uniquely Queer Space in Tech::Two weeks after staff at queer dating app Grindr unionized, bosses ordered employees back to the office. Nearly half the app’s workers refused and have been laid off.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 159 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Article explains it:

Shortly after Arison was hired as CEO in October, Twitter users unearthed tweets he’d written expressing support for conservative politicians, many of whom had expressed anti-LGBTQ+ views. Robin was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt after he told staff he would change, but says the recent alleged union busting has broken that trust.

They hired a rightwingers as CEO, and even if he changed his mind on social policy, he's still obviously a Republican on fiscal.

This is a way to get rid of highly paid people since the labor pool for tech ballooned after twitter fired everyone.

He's hoping for a short dip, then replacing everyone for cheaper salaries.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 131 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jesus. The CEO of Grindr is a supporter of homophobes. We truly are in the worst timeline.

[–] Daqu@feddit.de 86 points 1 year ago

He googled "how to fuck the gays" and grindr was the top result.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep. Grinder is a trash company now. I think it was even owned by a company in China for a while, which is just weird.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like it would just be a useful database for blackmailing a bunch of closeted guys.

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

That’s one of the older tricks, no pun intended. It used to be that you’d have a hard time getting a security clearance if you were gay, with the excuse being that you were vulnerable to blackmail. It’s less of a big deal now, but I can think of a wide class of politicians who would still be vulnerable to blackmail, and grindr is a very popular app during political conventions.

[–] NormandyEssex@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah that seems reasonable. RTO is quite a powerful/interesting tool for these employers