Thread regarding Synamedia layoffs

So now actual racism - the George Floyd reference.

This used to be a decent company. Maybe failure is making it toxic?

HR - I think you have some work to do.

Where do you draw the line folks? Right now it is “do the courses and keep quiet” or you won’t get your bonus. Next step - kneel before starting work to the honour of St. George of Fl.. Or you get no holidays. PEOPLE you need to rise up and draw the line. Get yourselves organised. Start a Union.

I’m picturing someone from HR watching this bin fire with their head in their hands.

Really disappointed by this thread. Ethics and success in business are not mutually exclusive. These dinosaur attitudes might have been acceptable once but they are not going to help us succeed today.

Probably some people need to think about retiring to chew over past glories and watch the modern team flourish.

This is a silly argument. Everyone, and I mean everyone, knows that this kind of training is total BS. No one believes in it. Management insist on it because it protects the company from lawsuits and it’s part of modern corporate fashion. Everyone knows that there are some truths that you just aren’t allowed to voice. Let’s try discriminating truly on grounds of ability.

It is coercion - no course = no bonus. The CEO said this.

"the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats“. Good Lord! All these things were voluntary - the paranoia here is hilarious but the problem that people seem to have with a bit of information on how we can impact others and a way to avoid hurting unintentionally is disturbing. Sure some of it was basic (hippy throw back - Lol) - but I did take a few things away from it. Maybe you’re all perfect? Highly doubt it but, good for you. Such a disappointing thread.

Avenger77 - finally someone with some Common sense and also a sense of humour. These woke knob-jockeys are dull, grey, humourless automatons. Shoving this woke nonsense down people’s throats does not make them better - it makes them resent.

Original Poster (OP) Micro-Adviser is spot on zipdedoo. The rub here is that he already knows how to treat his fellow men and women, and has been doing so throughout his life. He doesn't need some corrupt political organization, which has a completely different agenda (divide the people, not unite them) to tell him what to do. He's "awakened", but not WOKE. Get it?

Woah! Maybe you're the one that needs to wake up. If you think that supporting minority groups or those who've previously been bullied or been treated unfairly or even violently is a bad thing then perhaps you should crawl back into that cave where you clearly belong and never come out. Maybe you'll get your marching orders so that your unsuspecting colleagues don't have to put up with your cr---y attitude.

Just a thought - perhaps you are behind on your work because of spending too much time composing lengthy hate-filled rants?

Have they really got so many courses?

Funnily enough what “woke” means to decent people is “don’t be an a-s hat”. What was it about the idea of being decent to other people that most offended you?