Kempenzoon
06-27-2009, 12:21 PM
Today I was at the headquarters of the National Railroad Infrastructure Corporation, for an info session about a job I applied with.
I already knew in advance the company was obsessed with diversity, but today I really had to try my best not to burst out laughing or shout in disgust.
Their workforce is currently 85% white men. Half of those are older than 55.
They showed a video which was supposed to show a 'representative image' of the company. It focused on a couple of people doing the job I applied for. A pregnant girl, a negro, a Middle Eastern girl, and one young white guy who was typecast as "the nerd" pretty much. The middle eastern girl was given the leading role as the speaker.
Someone please tell me how this is in any way, shape or form representative?
This kind of idealised vision of a multicultural workfloor just bothers me. A lot. I used to work in the summers during college in a car manufacturing plant. They employed lots of towelheads, so they could claim to the government they were all about equal opportunities.
I can't even count the number of times that these sandnegroes went on spontaneous strikes because of random crap that went against their Shariah morality... "Oh noez! The company cafetaria serves ham and cheese sandwishes! Haraam! Allahu Akhbar! We stop working!" (I may exaggerate the exact wording on their demands for dramatic effect, but they actually did go on strike because in the cafetaria, which served 10 choices of different sandwiches, one of the choices contained ham)
Are these companies digging their own graves by wanting workfloor diversity? Do you believe these racial and/or cultural struggles on the workfloor contributed in part to the current negative view that corporations have about their plants in Europe?
I already knew in advance the company was obsessed with diversity, but today I really had to try my best not to burst out laughing or shout in disgust.
Their workforce is currently 85% white men. Half of those are older than 55.
They showed a video which was supposed to show a 'representative image' of the company. It focused on a couple of people doing the job I applied for. A pregnant girl, a negro, a Middle Eastern girl, and one young white guy who was typecast as "the nerd" pretty much. The middle eastern girl was given the leading role as the speaker.
Someone please tell me how this is in any way, shape or form representative?
This kind of idealised vision of a multicultural workfloor just bothers me. A lot. I used to work in the summers during college in a car manufacturing plant. They employed lots of towelheads, so they could claim to the government they were all about equal opportunities.
I can't even count the number of times that these sandnegroes went on spontaneous strikes because of random crap that went against their Shariah morality... "Oh noez! The company cafetaria serves ham and cheese sandwishes! Haraam! Allahu Akhbar! We stop working!" (I may exaggerate the exact wording on their demands for dramatic effect, but they actually did go on strike because in the cafetaria, which served 10 choices of different sandwiches, one of the choices contained ham)
Are these companies digging their own graves by wanting workfloor diversity? Do you believe these racial and/or cultural struggles on the workfloor contributed in part to the current negative view that corporations have about their plants in Europe?