Basecamp nixes political talk and employees walk, sparking a wider discussion

Chicago-based tech company Basecamp will no longer allow "societal and political discussions" on the company’s internal platform, Jason Fried, co-founder and CEO of Basecamp, announced in a blog post April 26. The company offered severance pay worth up to six months of employees’ salary "for those who cannot see a future at Basecamp under this new direction," David Heinemeier Hansson, a partner at the firm, revealed in a blog post two days later.
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