Discussion

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  Scoop from @ZoeSchiffer: Mailchimp's CEO stepped down in August a month after causing controversy within the company with a 1,400-word email arguing that asking for pronouns at the start of meetings “does more harm than good.” We have the email https://www.platformer.news/ ... ht…

• @shortformernie Ernie Smith on x

  MailChimp is absolutely famous for their comms and style guide game, but corporate style guides cannot produce miracles. https://twitter.com/...

• @justkelly_ok @justkelly_ok on x

  Holy shit. I'm actually surprised to hear this from him. I had many criticisms of how he ran the company, but didn't expect this. I personally worked with five different trans people at Mailchimp, sooooo... https://twitter.com/...

• @katienotopoulos Katie Notopoulos on x

  There is nothing more perfect than an 1400 word email from a tech CEO explaining why people shouldn't introduce themselves with their pronouns, while consistently using the internal company jargon term “peeps” to mean employees https://www.platformer.news/ ...

• @revshark James DePorre on x

  I think he had a good point. https://twitter.com/...

• @zoeschiffer @zoeschiffer on x

  One month before Mailchimp CEO Ben Chestnut stepped down as CEO, he sent a 1,400-word email to employees about the use of preferred pronouns internally. He told workers (he calls them “peeps,") the practice was harmful — even coercive. Read it in full: https://www.platformer.news…

• @mattzeitlin Matthew Zeitlin on x

  I could see fair ways to come down on either side here but writing a 1,400 word email is a firing offense tout court https://twitter.com/...

• @golikehellmachi @golikehellmachi on x

  of all of the people in the world, you would think that the *mailchimp* CEO would know what substack is for https://twitter.com/...