More reasons I'm leaving Mozilla

My legendary tableflip, part 2! Part 1 here: https://storify.com/christi3k/yesterday-i-started-talking-about-why-i-m-leaving-

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Christie Koehler @christi3k
The fact that my tweet storm is drawing attention is not of my own manufacture. It's because what I'm saying is resonating with many.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:53:45
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:53:45
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All of these issues? I have brought up them up internally multiple times, multiple ways, in multiple channels.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:54:48
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:54:48
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I played by the rules they told me to play by over and over again.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:55:03
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:55:03
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Nothing improved. Worse yet, it hurt my professional and social standing in the organization.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:55:56
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:55:56
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Say it's true I'm not qualified to do my job or a bad fit for the culture. You don't let folks like that waste away, rot and fester.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:57:11
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You help them move on to somewhere that's a better fit.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:57:47
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 21:57:47
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Mozilla, and I suspect many others orgs, find themselves in crises often as a result of failure to address important issues when they arise.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:06:14
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:06:14
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There's a perception by some that speaking publicly about this stuff will hurt efforts to make change internally.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:09:13
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:09:13
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(I know this because I have heard it before and a few of you have said as much to me in the last 24 hours.)
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:09:37
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:09:37
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I don't know if that's true. I no longer have the mental and emotional bandwidth to make such calculations.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:11:43
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:11:43
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What I do know is that no one was listening closely enough to be moved to action when I used internal channels.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:12:50
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:12:50
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So how that can get *worse* I do not know.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:13:08
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:13:08
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If enough of you join in and voice your concerns, eventually someone in charge will have to listen.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:13:52
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:13:52
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If you're reading all this and you're Mozilla staff and it's making you sad or angry, there are things you can do.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:19:12
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:19:12
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Ask your manager to fund an @outreachy intern next term. (It's a very cost-effective program from which we get great hires)
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:20:31
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:20:31
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Ask our head of HR and our head of Operations when we're going to start taking diversity + inclusion seriously.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:20:56
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:20:56
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Ask when we're going to create and support a conflict resolution process.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:21:52
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:21:52
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Ask for a careful evaluation and reconsideration about how we use alcohol at our events.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:23:12
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:23:12
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Be mindful of when your teammate doesn't get a tshirt that fits or a meal that's as good as yours and say something.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:23:57
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:23:57
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If you care about the open web, think carefully if we're really building the best one we can when not everyone can be involved.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:24:53
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:24:53
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If one of your co-workers has just be re-orged, check in with them and make sure they are okay and see if they need anything.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:25:52
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:25:52
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Ask your manager what they are doing to overcome unconscious bias, esp in hiring and performance evals.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:26:52
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:26:52
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If you participate in TRIBE, pay careful attention to it's complete lack of recognition of structural power dynamics.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:29:36
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:29:36
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Also carefully consider how much it might be based on oppressive methodologies and how that will affect you and others.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:30:51
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:30:51
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Instead of TRIBE, consider asking to use your training budget for something else, like a conflict resolution course.
Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:31:32
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— Christie Koehler (@christi3k)Fri, Aug 07 2015 22:31:32

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