Speaking as a racially and sexually biased white male (yes, I admit it and no I'm not planning on changing it either because I have good reasons to be biased), this shit still happens because people keep hiring idiots but it seems in middle and upper management, they are very reluctant to fire them once the truth comes out.
I can't comment on whether this payment discrepancy was really race related. It seems to be too stupid of a move to be this simple. However the man was right:
If the two lower-level managers can't provide clear evidence or explanation of why this person was paid less than he should have been, then indeed the default assumption is that it was due to discrimination. There are reasons for keeping metrics and details on any decisions that diverge from the norm, since otherwise it will be presumed, rightly or wrongly, that ill intent was applied.
When making human resource decisions, they always need to be done with the consideration of how they will perceived. This is
I'm sure discrimination existed. However... Everyone assumes it was racial discrimination, while it could have been a different type of discrimination, for example based on hierarchy and networking. "I like person A more than person B because person A plays golf with me every weekend, we like the same food and he drinks like a mothafucka." It could have been ageism. It could have been something else I failed to consider.
That's discrimination and bias too, and should not exist, all I am doing is pointing out tha
If the discrimination was for other than racism, it's really stupid to broadcast your bigotry in such an obvious manner. As if people don't notice they didn't get paid a million dollars they were entitled to.
Interestingly, I was trying to be objective and got labeled a troll. I guess the SJW army is always watching:)
At any rate... I'm not debating the stupidity of the whole thing, it's indeed typical for a large company to behave in idiotic ways, especially when money is involved. As a matter of fact, I found this particular behavior so idiotic, I'm subjectively inclined to believe the compensation difference was determined by something other than racism, namely plain stupidity.
Whatever it was, it should be punished nevertheless, and harshly.
Big Blue made a big boo-boo (Score:5, Insightful)
How is this crap still happening?
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That's a very good question.
Speaking as a racially and sexually biased white male (yes, I admit it and no I'm not planning on changing it either because I have good reasons to be biased), this shit still happens because people keep hiring idiots but it seems in middle and upper management, they are very reluctant to fire them once the truth comes out.
I can't comment on whether this payment discrepancy was really race related. It seems to be too stupid of a move to be this simple. However the man was right:
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If the two lower-level managers can't provide clear evidence or explanation of why this person was paid less than he should have been, then indeed the default assumption is that it was due to discrimination. There are reasons for keeping metrics and details on any decisions that diverge from the norm, since otherwise it will be presumed, rightly or wrongly, that ill intent was applied.
When making human resource decisions, they always need to be done with the consideration of how they will perceived. This is
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I'm sure discrimination existed.
However...
Everyone assumes it was racial discrimination, while it could have been a different type of discrimination, for example based on hierarchy and networking.
"I like person A more than person B because person A plays golf with me every weekend, we like the same food and he drinks like a mothafucka."
It could have been ageism. It could have been something else I failed to consider.
That's discrimination and bias too, and should not exist, all I am doing is pointing out tha
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If the discrimination was for other than racism, it's really stupid to broadcast your bigotry in such an obvious manner. As if people don't notice they didn't get paid a million dollars they were entitled to.
Re:Big Blue made a big boo-boo (Score:2)
Interestingly, I was trying to be objective and got labeled a troll. :)
I guess the SJW army is always watching
At any rate... I'm not debating the stupidity of the whole thing, it's indeed typical for a large company to behave in idiotic ways, especially when money is involved. As a matter of fact, I found this particular behavior so idiotic, I'm subjectively inclined to believe the compensation difference was determined by something other than racism, namely plain stupidity.
Whatever it was, it should be punished nevertheless, and harshly.