What impact diversity trainings do have is often short-lived or purely influences beliefs without impacting actions, according to a review of multiple meta-analyses, a type of research that summarizes the results of hundreds of studies. American businesses alone spend roughly $8 billion a year on the same diversity trainings research suggests are ineffective, according to the Harvard Business Review.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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No shit! Been dealing with that crap since I was a kid in school in the 60's. There isn't anyone out there that doesn't see the logic of hiring, educating, or acknowledging someone's expertise on something regardless of their gender, race, religion, or ethnicity. But having it crammed down your throat during indoctrination sessions (crew meetings) or watching someone being promoted who clearly is not qualified to do the job does build resentment or downright hostility.
ReplyDeleteDuh.
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DeleteWe don't care what color you are. We only require that you be competent. Hell, we don't care if you're ugly as long as you are qualified to do the job for which you were hired.
DeleteIf you're as dumb as a box of rocks, it doesn't matter if they're white rocks or black rocks.
I’ll take a stupid White over an average black any day.
DeleteRace does matter.
So just maybe those that need this type of training aren't capable of doing better or more complicated than sweeping a floor in the first place. Money down the toilet.
ReplyDeleteRemember when they'd put the dumb kids in class with the smart kids??....
ReplyDeleteDiversity training & hiring. Boeing's a nice example of the results.
ReplyDeleteit's not meant to
ReplyDelete"Affirmative Action" (and The Great Society) was the first step leading us to this mess.
ReplyDeleteDiversity Training only serves to p*ss people off. Including online. Contrived scenarios, videos that you can't pause or fast-forward (but you can turn off the computer audio). Then a multiple choice that's easy to answer - the answer they want you to give is obvious.
ReplyDeleteThen how about the one where they show you a picture of an office and tell you to "Click on each item that could possibly offend someone or make them feel uncomfortable."
That and the Anti-Harassment Training too. The answer they want is "John is a creep and should be given a final written warning" but and they never provide the really correct answer as an option, which is "Denise needs to forget all that cr*p she reads in Cosmo, adjust her attitude, dress less provocative, and the real harassment here is Denise running to HR to complain when things don't turn out the way they do in Cosmo."
I thought it was to combat stereotypes but then everybody finds out that all those darned old stereotypes exist for solid reasons so it’s a waste of time and money and just pisses people who already know, off.
ReplyDeletePeople who get worked up over stereotypes are upset with the grain of truth at the center of all of them but refuse to admit it.
Deleteif it ain't broke, you can't fix it, no matter how much $$ you throw at it.
ReplyDeleteIn a race of waste.
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It's not training as much as it is intimidation & indoctrination, and some people are just going to remain unimpressed.
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