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> they're probably just praying no one notices what a culture of discrimination they've created. You are trolling right? Or did you really infer all of that f

by ktsmith 14y ago

> they're probably just praying no one notices what a culture of discrimination they've created. You are trolling right? Or did you really infer all of that from a web page.

jessaustin 14y ago
It's not about what I infer. It's about what is inferred by disadvantaged parties and their advocates, especially once the stupid remarks of an employee have focused the attentions of those on the company. Ten different personnel decisions have been made, for a set of mostly-business-oriented executive positions (seriously, VPs of Ad, Mark, Biz Dev, and "Pub" Dev plus a single non-S VP of "Product and Engineering"? what kind of tech company is this?) and in no case could a suitable woman be found? Your Honor, we rest our case. Besides, this page is the public face of the company, which they choose to show the public. The semiotics of the "United Colors of Benetton" mosaic is clear, but it is undermined by the "Leadership" sidebar, under even the most generous possible reading.
- ktsmith 14y ago
  > Ten different personnel decisions have been made, for a set of mostly-business-oriented executive positions (seriously, VPs of Ad, Mark, Biz Dev, and "Pub" Dev plus a single non-S VP of "Product and Engineering"? what kind of tech company is this?) and in no case could a suitable woman be found? Your Honor, we rest our case. What case? You have zero information about how the personell decisions are being made within that organization. You don't know when those appointments were made, nor do you have any information about the composition of the organization when they were made. All you have is the result which currently includes all men. Is it plausible that a woman was passed over for one of those positions? Sure. It's also entirely plausible that the men holding those positions were the best candidate available to the company at the time the roles were filled. > The semiotics of the "United Colors of Benetton" mosaic is clear, You are taking a mosaic and applying what you want want to find in it. It certainly isn't clear to me that their intent was to be associated with the United Colors of Benetton. If anything I looked at it as a weak implementation of a current design trend in use on tech companies about pages. You have also failed to address how you came to the conclusion that the company has a "culture of discrimination." Did you work there? Have you been to their offices or know someone that worked there? A single page on a web site is not sufficient evidence to understand the "culture" of a company let alone to determine that it is discriminatory.

by ktsmith 14y ago

> they're probably just praying no one notices what a culture of discrimination they've created. You are trolling right? Or did you really infer all of that from a web page.

jessaustin 14y ago

It's not about what I infer. It's about what is inferred by disadvantaged parties and their advocates, especially once the stupid remarks of an employee have focused the attentions of those on the company. Ten different personnel decisions have been made, for a set of mostly-business-oriented executive positions (seriously, VPs of Ad, Mark, Biz Dev, and "Pub" Dev plus a single non-S VP of "Product and Engineering"? what kind of tech company is this?) and in no case could a suitable woman be found? Your Honor, we rest our case. Besides, this page is the public face of the company, which they choose to show the public. The semiotics of the "United Colors of Benetton" mosaic is clear, but it is undermined by the "Leadership" sidebar, under even the most generous possible reading.

ktsmith 14y ago
> Ten different personnel decisions have been made, for a set of mostly-business-oriented executive positions (seriously, VPs of Ad, Mark, Biz Dev, and "Pub" Dev plus a single non-S VP of "Product and Engineering"? what kind of tech company is this?) and in no case could a suitable woman be found? Your Honor, we rest our case. What case? You have zero information about how the personell decisions are being made within that organization. You don't know when those appointments were made, nor do you have any information about the composition of the organization when they were made. All you have is the result which currently includes all men. Is it plausible that a woman was passed over for one of those positions? Sure. It's also entirely plausible that the men holding those positions were the best candidate available to the company at the time the roles were filled. > The semiotics of the "United Colors of Benetton" mosaic is clear, You are taking a mosaic and applying what you want want to find in it. It certainly isn't clear to me that their intent was to be associated with the United Colors of Benetton. If anything I looked at it as a weak implementation of a current design trend in use on tech companies about pages. You have also failed to address how you came to the conclusion that the company has a "culture of discrimination." Did you work there? Have you been to their offices or know someone that worked there? A single page on a web site is not sufficient evidence to understand the "culture" of a company let alone to determine that it is discriminatory.