And Now I Know
I've just completed my mandatory diversity training for managers ... Working People -- Workplace Diversity, Manager Edition.
It was both inspriational and insightful. Things I've learned include:
| One shouldn't ask the Indian janitor if he's washing his feet in the sink of the mens room. | |
| Throwing a luau, complete with roasted pig and hula dancers, on Yom Kippur is not a good idea. There should be male strippers as well. | |
| Pretty latin women can be just as good at selling product as bloviated white men (speaking of Republicans, who's here next week?) | |
| Just because someone's a mean, racist, sexist, bloviated old dinosaur doesn't mean you can write about him on work email. Republicans have feelings too, apparently. | |
| It's poor form to evaluate your employees based on their fashion sense or choice of haircut. But it's okay to fire them for that, right? | |
| Evidently, it's not proper to hire people just becasue you know them and they're good at team sports. Seems obvious to me ... I'd hire the gymast who I didn't know in order to get to know him better. "You want that sign-on bonus or don't you?" | |
| Glass ceilings are bad, unless your office is under the men's shower room. |