It's official boys and girls; You now officially work in the Gulf of America. Don't trample each other to get new business cards made... Also, update your CV's while you are at it ;-)
The things you do to keep gov't monies for carbon capture flowing....
But VH is so nice. Doesn’t that count?
She is a joke, will do anthing for press and attention. Absolutely down to earth hick got lucky!
“No-one cares what you think or believe and no-one is trying to change your mind or force you to accept new values. Workplace sensitivity and bias training is about understanding…” It’s not about changing your mind, but about your understanding. THE PROBLEM IS YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND. Do you get it now?
So, looking at all of the posts here, I find a few examples of actual behavior including:
You say no one care about what you think or believe, but that’s exactly what it is about. If it weren’t, you wouldn’t use terms like unconscious bias, awareness, sensitivity, empathy, and willingness to learn and understand. Just admit it. You’re not satisfied with changing behavior, you want to get to the root of that behavior which you believe is thinking and believing the wrong thing. Oh, you don’t have to change your wrong thinking, but you will sit down and listen to me tell you why it’s wrong thinking. The more you explain your position, the clearer it is what you want.
@p5+1jmfnefck I agree, but I think the bigger picture is that the majority of people at Oxy don't need clubs and constant reminders to treat all people with respect. If a person has not learned that from home in their early years, and then practice that throughout live, then Oxy can't change those people. There will always be a small minority of people that carry some of these bad practices, but as a whole the majority of Oxy employees know how to treat people no matter what they might perceive as their special category. By pushing all the clubs and other initiatives it just waste the majority of employees time when they already know how to treat people and act in the workplace.
It seems that many people on this thread do not have a clear understanding of ethics, of right from wrong. Did you people ever hear of the golden rule. The golden rule is about being human even with our differences in race, religion, national origin, or other characteristics. Deep down we are all the same.
@md+1 You are so close to getting it. You have the right ideas but you mistakenly switch where the problem comes in/misidentify the aggressor. No-one is asking for special treatment. No-one cares what you think or believe and no-one is trying to change your mind or force you to accept new values. Workplace sensitivity and bias training is about understanding that although your beliefs you grew up with are ingrained and even in the majority, it doesn’t mean you can force your way on others or treat your beliefs as the norm. It doesn’t mean you can assume that everyone must think like that and now you can talk casually disparagingly about others and make judgements on people that disagree with you. And in our society and in this geographical area especially, there are negative connotations to people in certain groups. Bias training is about teaching you to recognize it and making sure you aren’t letting or affect decisions or inadvertently spreading what you think are societal norms. It’s called unconscious bias for a reason.
Whether or not you like someone in the workplace is immaterial. This kind of awareness benefits companies because talent comes in many forms and all they care about is that people get along and make them money. But if your boss is calling you lazy for taking long to get from point A to B without considering you’re disabled, then there’s a problem. Or if your coworker feels so strongly about their religious beliefs that they’re avoiding adding you to meetings when you know you should be included, or worse, casually drop wisdoms about your lifestyle, then there’s a problem.
Switch who you think the people needing a reality check is. Because people in these groups want to be left alone and treated like everyone else. But in a situation where the majority thinks the same, there’s always some that are emboldened or abusing their authority. If you can’t comprehend what I’m saying, consider you have not experienced it and no-one has talked to you about their experiences. Also because once you speak up about even egregious misbehavior, you are at high risk of becoming a target. It’s the same with s-xual harassment. Lastly everything I mentioned are real-life examples.
@kb+1jmfnefck, yes, we say goodbye to all those things and not a minute too soon. That (and much more) is what we voted for. Sounds like we agree.
Empathy is defined as understanding and experiencing another’s feelings. I’m sorry, but you don’t have the right to expect coworkers to do either. We work to earn a living to support ourselves and our families. Doing our jobs is hard enough. We don’t want the extra burden of having to try to understand you or your feelings.
If you want to celebrate Black History Month, do it. If you want a LGBTQ group or Mental Health Awareness group, join one or start one. Start a Texas Holdem group and I might join. No one wants to stop you. However, if by “accommodations and an environment that’s empathic and inclusive” you mean one where no one can disagree with you, you are asking for special rights. If by “workplace sensitivity and bias training” you mean the company telling employees why their opinions and views are wrong, that is not management’s job. The company can provide protections against s-xism and misogyny and any other ism by requiring fair treatment, and prohibiting actions - not beliefs or opinions. You can demand a boss that treats you fairly. However, you can’t demand a boss that agrees with you, empathizes with you, likes you, or thinks you’re a good person. You can demand to be treated with respect, but you can’t demand to be respected. I don’t know why you believe you need to be protected, but you can only be protected from what people do to you, not what they think of you. And frankly, what people think of you is none of your business, or the business of the company, even if it makes you feel less included.
To people responding to @kb+1…
So, because you aren’t experiencing it, witnessing it or hearing about it, it doesn’t exist? Or if it exists, it’s causing no harm? Got it. And you don’t think that existence of workplace protections would deter at least one transgressor?
Your CEO might as well cancel the programs because you have learned nothing. You think people raise these issues out of morbid curiosity or for attention, as opposed to experiencing harm and wanting to also go about their business without having to think about it. Or having empathy and a willingness to learn and understand. No, only your workplace issues are worth exploring and actually valid right?
The fact is that you don’t see that the next person, from one of these groups, wants the same things that you do. You immediately dismiss and try to invalidate them because you think you’re superior to them.
@kb+1jmfnefck People like you just have to have a cause and just can't live life and enjoy. The majortiy of us are busy with our families, work and many other things to even pay attention to all you listed. Just live your life as you want and don't always look for a soap box to stand on a preach and yell your cause. Not everyone is going to agree with you, and that is no different than any of us not having people agree with us. It is not always about you.
In every job I’ve ever had, my coworkers thought I was a loudmouth complaining je-k. What’s wrong with these people?
We are all animals. We don’t deserve to be free. Only government programs and DEI will save us. I see it now.
No, he’s right. That’s what I teach my children. Don’t try very hard because you’re never going to make it. Give up now because everyone is against you. Any problems you have in life will be somebody else’s fault so don’t try to fix them yourself. You can’t be anything you want to be because someone is going to stop you. You’re not a loser, but you’re always going to lose. (only because everyone else cheats). Good luck!
@kb+1jmfnefck, how did a country, where the majority are white supremacists, vote for Obama not once, but twice?
Wow, you must think we’re all animals. Like if there wasn’t a DEI program at Oxy we’d all just be s-xist, racist, misogynist, na-is. I believe most of us are good people, even management, who treat people fairly and with respect. Are there outliers? Sure. But, DEI probably doesn’t do anything about the outliers anyway.
Well well well. If she is really all about following the orange overlord’s executive orders, then DEI is next. Goodbye Black History Month. Goodbye LGBTQ groups, goodbye Mental Health Awareness groups. Goodbye accommodations and an environment that’s empathic and inclusive. Goodbye WFH. Goodbye workplace sensitivity and bias training. Goodbye protections against s-xism and misogyny. Hello to people becoming more comfortable saying racist, s-xist, ableist, homophobic sh-t and only promoting others who fit their white supremacist views. Oh and welcome to the 1980s when we suffered quietly through this because there were no protections. You’re about to find out what you voted for affects your work life and work life balance. Don’t you dare complain because we had to suffer in silence but voted for change. Good luck!!
You can be empathetic and religious, and still be in favor of getting rid of a huge percentage of the federal workforce.
Are you a human being at all? Maybe you are a millennial who isn’t around people much and avoids phone calls and in person interactions. I used to lack empathy just like you. As you get older you will develop more kindness and understanding. And no, I am not religious.
Gov employees can su-k it. Zero empathy they get a taste of the real world and have been coddled too long. After one has been through 10+ rounds of layoffs in the private sector I have zero care for government employees.
It is easy to tell that many of you have not been through corporate layoffs like the ones in the 80’s and 90’s. There was no advanced warning in these layoffs. The layoffs just happened without any feeling from bosses giving people the bad news. Lives are impacted in these layoffs and the immediate emotional damage is widespread. Can we show just a little empathy for those currently being let go in the government.
@bk+1jmfnefck You should be glad they are making the govt smaller nd saving our tax dollars where they can. Why would anyone be against saving money and reducing the size of govt. Yes, there are Americans that need help, and the majority of us want to help our fellow citizens. What we don't want is more obstacles in the way of doing business and running a govt that can't manage a budget and just wants more of the money we earn everyday to pay for things that do not matter.
I think some of you guys look at the protesters from the 60s with a bit of adoration not realizing that they are the boomers that you so despise today. Very ironic.
Civil rights, Vietnam Nam, and Nixon?? Do you drive a Volkswagen van and wear an old army jacket? I remember you. How’s Jane these days?
@bk+1jmfnefck. Win? The election is over already. However, I do like it when you guys go out with all of the government employees and sing those old union songs from the 30s. Please keep doing that. It’s entertaining.
The only way to win is to keep it up so that people who voted for this guy will realize they made an error in judgement and admit it. Do you watch the news every day to see what this clown is doing. He doesn’t care about people or this country. Wake up. Do you think that civil rights were advanced by being silent. Or the war in Vietnamese was ended because the public was quiet about it. Or Nixon resigned because people were ok with his behavior. This Trump guy will tear this country apart. Look what he is doing to the leader of Ukraine. He is trashing him out. That is just wrong.
It is called character and self respect to stand up against people like Trump. Apparently as a society we don’t these anymore. The more you bow down to this guy the more he will take.
She didn’t do anything wrong rather following the name change by the U.S. Government. If you have a problem with her calling it the way the U.S. government wants it to be called, then take it up with President Trump to change it back to GoM.
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