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The HR guy in the sexual harassment videos you had to watch every two years at Microsoft was fired for sexual harassment. No amount of training seems to overcom
by RyJones 12y ago
The HR guy in the sexual harassment videos you had to watch every two years at Microsoft was fired for sexual harassment. No amount of training seems to overcome base desire.
- pjlegato 12y agoIt's not about base desires, it's that some people are simply assholes. No amount of training will overcome someone's asshole nature. There is a prevalent and totally erroneous school of thought which naively assumes that people do bad things simply because they don't know any better, and so all you have to do is take them aside as you would a misbehaving kindergartener for some "training" and then all will be well. It doesn't work that way. Some people are just assholes and always will be, irrespective of any amount of "training" you give them.
- RyJones 12y agoYou're right. I made a facile comment in haste and I was wrong.
- thecage411 12y agoI don't think that school of thought is actually prevelant. They make you go to training classes so if there is a lawsuit they can point to all the training and say it's the individual's fault, not the company's.
- aptwebapps 12y agoSome people, sure. But I don't think everyone who misbehaves is irredeemable.
- Perdition 12y agoThe training is to teach them to hide it so they can stay employed. It doesn't matter if somebody is a racist/sexist/homophobe as long as they don't act it out.
- CyberDildonics 12y agoFor every problem, there is an answer that is simple, easy, and wrong.
- dreamweapon 12y agoHarassment isn't about "desire." It's about being a sociopath, and feeling entitled to control and humiliate others.
- RyJones 12y agoYou're right. I made a facile comment in haste and I was wrong.
- tedks 12y agoAbuse is about power and control, not "desire."
- RyJones 12y agoYou're right. I made a facile comment in haste and I was wrong.
- DenisM 12y agoWow! Do you have a link or anything?
- RyJones 12y agoI have contacted you via email.
- HarryHirsch 12y agoGrasshopper, the anti-harassment videos are not for the benefit of the employee. Then again, nothing is, except the dollars you get to carry home at the end of every month. Their only purpose is to deflect liability from the company in case any employee should bring a court case. "Your Honor, we couldn't possibly be held responsible for condoning a hostile work atmosphere, we have our employees sit through those execrable things once a year." Judging from just how popular they are, this tactic is working well.
- RyJones 12y agoYou are correct. I didn't mean to imply there was any value to the employee in watching them.
- oldmanjay 12y agoI suspect that the idea that harassment is never about desire is more like a "correct narrative" than an unassailable truth. people find it very convenient to reduce every situation to a set of accepted rules but humanity tends to be messy and resistant to strict classification.