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This is not going to be a pretty thread. Hopefully we can keep this civil and maybe move the conversation forward, as this could be a big tipping point in the l
by zo1 4y ago
This is not going to be a pretty thread. Hopefully we can keep this civil and maybe move the conversation forward, as this could be a big tipping point in the landscape wrt DEI.
- nomel 4y ago> and maybe move the conversation forward What does this actually mean, in the context of "when we fired people, we considered their race"?
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- Ensorceled 4y agoOr, "when we fired people, we tried NOT to consider their race" ... the idea that a layoff would, by default, be fair and not a racist or bigoted decision is a very privileged world view.
- the_doctah 4y agoWhy are you trying to make it sound like most layoffs are race-based?
- Ensorceled 4y agoI'm not. Why are you assuming they are all fair and equitable? There is more than enough racism and other bigotry in North America to make the assumption that the layoffs across all departments would be fair and equitable a suspect assumption.
- nomel 4y ago> is a very privileged world view. I guess this is probably true. In every group I've worked for, it was obvious who the high and low performing people were. In the two companies I was at, with layoffs, there weren't really any surprises. Not surprisingly, this has remained a strong motivator for my work effort: if you're complacent or incompetent, you're the first to go.