A company in this space renamed ERGs to BRGs to represent these groups need to support the business aims. It was worth a pause and a notice.
I find the DEI stuff insulting. Much of it makes facts out of coincidences. We are forced to agree to do our job. There is no debate.
I recently was on a work sponsored volunteering trip and told I was pitiable because I grew up in a household with only one car. I replied, well not really, my parents molded thrift and handwork for me and that is why I can afford 2 as single person and have more time off with more income than they ever dreamt of in their lives for their children.
It is also insulting when you are told hiring cannot take into account where the person went to school, what they studied, and where they worked to gain experience. What the heck is the point of the interview?
When the BLM thing went down; I was derided for pointing out that America is really not as racist as most of the world and we need to be more thoughtful here. Turns out most of America understands that now. I said the same type of thing at 9/11, all this invasion nonsense would be a mistake. I can go on...turns out being centrist is kind of a reasonable place to be in a society trying to make space for everything under the sun.
I was sexually harassed by a female coworker, who turned out did the same thing to multiple male members of my part of the company. Why did I not have to deal with it? I'm gay as a 3$ bill. It was all I could do not to throw up at the idea of seeing her naked. The double standard I experienced was STUNNING. She remained at the company for years. I have all her notes, emails, phone calls, including my replies. She wanted to convert me so I didnt die of AIDS. But it was clear that I was assumed to be the one in the wrong.
Another female coworker who is also Asian was allowed to pass an important exam because she complained so much about discrimination. Everyone knows this about her. She is illegitimate. But DEI came to play over true measures of competence.
So when you wonder why people are just kind of going along to get along on this...add in the dimension of race vs. the double standards it becomes clear why all this is just going along to get along for most of us.
And then, still, we have inequality, so what exactly is getting better here? Feels like we've wall papered over a wall made of s**t.
A company in this space renamed ERGs to BRGs to represent these groups need to support the business aims. It was worth a pause and a notice.
I find the DEI stuff insulting. Much of it makes facts out of coincidences. We are forced to agree to do our job. There is no debate.
I recently was on a work sponsored volunteering trip and told I was pitiable because I grew up in a household with only one car. I replied, well not really, my parents molded thrift and handwork for me and that is why I can afford 2 as single person and have more time off with more income than they ever dreamt of in their lives for their children.
It is also insulting when you are told hiring cannot take into account where the person went to school, what they studied, and where they worked to gain experience. What the heck is the point of the interview?
When the BLM thing went down; I was derided for pointing out that America is really not as racist as most of the world and we need to be more thoughtful here. Turns out most of America understands that now. I said the same type of thing at 9/11, all this invasion nonsense would be a mistake. I can go on...turns out being centrist is kind of a reasonable place to be in a society trying to make space for everything under the sun.
I was sexually harassed by a female coworker, who turned out did the same thing to multiple male members of my part of the company. Why did I not have to deal with it? I'm gay as a 3$ bill. It was all I could do not to throw up at the idea of seeing her naked. The double standard I experienced was STUNNING. She remained at the company for years. I have all her notes, emails, phone calls, including my replies. She wanted to convert me so I didnt die of AIDS. But it was clear that I was assumed to be the one in the wrong.
Another female coworker who is also Asian was allowed to pass an important exam because she complained so much about discrimination. Everyone knows this about her. She is illegitimate. But DEI came to play over true measures of competence.
So when you wonder why people are just kind of going along to get along on this...add in the dimension of race vs. the double standards it becomes clear why all this is just going along to get along for most of us.
And then, still, we have inequality, so what exactly is getting better here? Feels like we've wall papered over a wall made of s**t.