All signs point to a terribly caustic culture, but I'm a stern believer in innocent until proven guilty.
What was the message actually sent to the girl? I feel like this is a vital piece of information.
What was the message actually sent to the girl? I feel like this is a vital piece of information.
From the posting, she supposedly had screenshots. I'd love to see them. Also, I'm betting the screenshots are of a system that doesn't easily allow for others to look in to abuse such as Slack, Basecamp, etc.
You can implement retention policies on IRC, slack[1], mattermost, hipchat, etc. On-prem / open vs hosted it doesn't change that.
[1] https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/203457187-Custom-me...
Do you genuinely think we should assume guilt on someone because their feelings are hurt? That's a dangerous path to go down and we have to rely on hard evidence or else witch hunts have real consequences.
It's not hard to imagine the tides turning and false acquisitions becoming as big as a problem as sexism.
PS. I am a firm believer in removing sexism from all cultures.
And call her a child, which is -- contrary your bullshit -- a deliberate insult. Unless you're in the habit of calling men who seem to be well over 25 boy. No? Didn't think so.