mekka okereke :verified:
Hard but fair:
If you work for the Harris Walz campaign, you should quit now. It's not worth it. Right now, someone in the Harris Walz campaign is getting ready to write (another) "tell-all" article of the form:
* Harris demands an impossibly high standard
* She frequently criticizes people in public, like on group chats
* She expects unsustainable work hours
* She changes plans frequently, causing rework
I'm not saying that these claims are untrue! They're very true! So quit. Seriously.
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mekka okereke :verified:
And I don't think people realize what it takes to elect a Black woman as president of the US. Even against a clear fascist incompetent grifter, who promises to be a dictator on day one.
Being part of the inner team of the Harris campaign is not a normal job. The next 80 days will not be sustainable by any definition. I'm not being facetious. I am being 100% serious.
Taking the "public" criticism for 80 days to accomplish something historic is worth it for some, not worth it for others.
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mekka okereke :verified:
I know someone is working on (another) one of these articles, because *every* successful woman that doesn't have any real glaring flaws, gets the treatment of one of these articles.
Men demanding high standards, pushing teams to the limit, having a culture of direct feedback, and not taking enough time for pleasantries, or sugar coating, like Steve Jobs, are glorified. But women aren't allowed to do that. Especially not Black women.
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Sharon Machlis
@mekkaokereke I thought I was prepared for this. You called it. But my head is still exploding at these "complaints" about Kamala Harris's management style in today's Washington Post.Maybe I missed their merger with The Onion? 😡
JackieM
@smach @mekkaokereke god bosses like this are the BEST! Someone who is prepared and ready to seriously consider your recommendations? Who takes seriously the work you’re doing?? How can you not love that?
mekka okereke :verified:
🤦🏿♂️You don't know enough Black people in leadership to understand my thread.
If you've never worked for a Black person who's been the "First Black person to do [X]," then get all the way out of my mentions.
I've been that 1st Black person. On many levels. I know what it takes. I sit on company boards of women CEOs, not to give them advice (they don't need it), but to defend them from this inevitable insurrection and sabotage. It always comes.
mekka okereke :verified:
Be honest with yourself about if this campaign is really where you want to be. The financial pay-off from the next 80 days is not worth it. You will not create generational wealth for what you will go through over the next 80 days. You will do your best work, only to be told how it could have been better.
The only pay off, is you help get your candidate elected.
But don't endure those unpleasantries just to write that article we're all expecting. Because we will read it, and not care. 🤷🏿♂️
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cybik :deifirev:
@mekkaokereke so basically.
I MISSED THE PUNCHLINE AND NOW I AM ONE.
Seems like I missed the sarcasm tag. My bad on that.
WAS:
"Don't work to get the woman elected, it's not worth your time."
But if she's not elected, the USA goes to shit.
So many words to hide the true intent.
Thomas Sturm
@davidaugust @smach @mekkaokereke @lorihc The person complaining is a “former aide” because they couldn’t fucking cut it to work for a boss that reads their work. Tough luck.
David August
@smach @mekkaokereke didn’t they just describe competent management? Wtaf is wrong at the Post that a leader knows the material in a briefing and wants rationale not just tasking is somehow a bad thing?
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