Can you work in a place that forbids you to talk about important things? We will be FacebookIts parent company is instructing its employees to stop talking about abortion.
Thursday, at an executive Meta Platform Informed employees are not allowed to talk about their controversial issues while working in the office because it says there could be “an increased risk” that the company would be considered a “hostile work environment,” Verge reported.
The policy was originally set up three years ago but was recently reported. It also prohibits employees from providing “opinions or debates on abortion right or wrong, the availability or rights of abortion and the political, religious and humanitarian perspectives on the subject,” the outlet added.
The tech news site quoted language from an internal note titled “Respectful Communication Policy” which was first sent by the company in 2019.
However, Meta workers have said that the company wants to get rid of the policy in the light of a recent draft opinion from the Supreme Court dismissing Roe v. Wade.
Janel Gall, vice president of human resources at Meta, apparently told workers this week that abortion was the “most divisive and reported issue” in the workplace, Facebook’s internal communication and messaging platform.
“Although people are respectful, and they try to be respectful about their views on abortion, it can still make people feel that they are being targeted on the basis of their gender or religion,” Gail said.
“It’s a unique thing that such trips line up in a safe class in each case.”
Naomi Glitt, a meta-executive at the workplace, writes, “At work, there is a lot of sensitivity around this issue, which makes it difficult to discuss at work” and employees are allowed to discuss abortion at work in a personal setting with a trusted coworker (e.g. live). , Chat, etc.) “and” in a listening session with a small group of up to 5 like-minded people to show solidarity. ”
Meta did not officially take a position on the Supreme Court’s draft opinion, but Mark Zuckerberg’s No. 2, Sheryl Sandberg posted on Facebook that abortion was “one of our most fundamental rights.”
She adds, “Every woman, no matter where she lives, must be free to choose when and where to become a mother.”
“Some things are more important for women’s health and equality.”
Glitt told employees that the company “will continue to offer our employees access to reproductive health care in the United States wherever they are.”