Big tech's hotbeds of employee activism quiet after Trump's victory

The heads of most of the country's leading tech employers didn't acknowledge the election results to their staffs, though many of them posted their congratulations to Trump on X, praising his "decisive" and "hard-fought" victory.

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If any industry could have said its workplaces were politicized, it was tech. US Election 2024 US Election Result Live Updates Swing state results deciding who'll be new POTUS Trump vs Harris: Who’s winning which state? Full list Early in Donald Trump 's first term in the White House , America's tech giants loudly protested his temporary ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries. But after this week's presidential election, the largely liberal workforces of tech's biggest companies were quiet.

While the definitive nature of the election most likely played a role, the change also represented an effort by executives to dampen employee activism in recent years. If the presidential election was going to be the biggest test of these new rules, the vigilance wasn't necessary. Reactions to the election on company message boards and forums were muted.



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Google since 2019 has instructed employees to keep politics out of the workplace, and this year the company cracked down on its irreverent Memegen forum, its corporate town square, after workers feuded about the war in Gaza. But the real test of tech's newfound neutrality will be once Trump takes office, if he follows through on his promises on issues the companies have opposed. "Remember the famous travel ban?" he said at a September rally.

He vowed to bring it back..