• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Idk, that’s a very core part of our company’s culture.

    I’m a SWE at a manufacturing company, so I’m certainly in a privileged group. However, the whole company has been pushing the narrative of empowering individuals to say no (i.e. the andon cord at Toyota). And given how frequently it’s brought up in company emails (esp. in incident analysis communications), I have reason to believe it’s actually being done at the plants. Our company’s #1 stated priority is safety (due to the nature of the products we produce), and saying “no” is a huge part of that. We as SWEs have complete power to say “no” (we make our own estimations for work), and I believe our manufacturing workers have a similar ability to manage their workload.