Employer asked me to remove Palantir bottle..
I work for one of the big three weapons manufacturers on an IT program that is gaining higher up visibility.
We’ve recently had a few VP of various departments walk through our IT lab and caught a glimpse of my water bottle with a big fat Palantir sticker on.
Needless to say I’ve had several complaints from direct management to remove the bottle or remove the sticker since it is a competitor.
I’m pretty irked and pissed about the whole thing and if anything can’t help at the irony of a company that designs weapons which has a hand in the Iran bombings and we are worried about a sticker?
Something about freedom of expression or freedom of speech here that just upsets me.
I have the sticker as a shareholder at $6, a supporter of Thiel, and a lover of the Tolkien books.
Pretty pissed about all this; as a white dude I’m about to replace my sticker with something like “ I support Black Voter rights” or maybe a Trans flag just to piss people off even though I am no supporter of either of those causes.
I make great money but do not want to change positions…. Ughhh
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