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CW: Hate speech/racism/homophobia/vent
I& #39;m not asking for a pat on the back or anything, but I just need to vent. I& #39;m crying as I write this. I haven& #39;t slept much at all this week, and let& #39;s not talk about how much work I haven& #39;t done.
I& #39;m not asking for a pat on the back or anything, but I just need to vent. I& #39;m crying as I write this. I haven& #39;t slept much at all this week, and let& #39;s not talk about how much work I haven& #39;t done.
I sincerely hope no one ever has to deal with what I have been going through at work.
I thought I had found such an amazing place to work, and for 3.5 years, it has been. Great people that truly care about each other, the work we are doing, and the culture we breathe life into.
I thought I had found such an amazing place to work, and for 3.5 years, it has been. Great people that truly care about each other, the work we are doing, and the culture we breathe life into.
In the past two weeks, we& #39;ve stood up for each other. Many wielded their privilege--tenure, gender, whiteness--to speak up against something that runs counter to our company& #39;s values. Values which, until now, felt like actual beliefs instead of corporate speak.
We did so to protect the marginalized among us because many recognized that a potential new client has done severe harm to women, LGBTQA+, and BIPOC and exists to perpetuate white supremacy.
We asked: "How can we say to care about ourselves in trying to create a diverse and inclusive, and safe environment if we work with this client?"; "Why are we allowing hate speech on our platform?"; "Why aren& #39;t you hearing that your employees do not feel safe?"
I& #39;ve watched people I respect approach this situation with forceful grace and eloquence standing up for what they believe in, be vulnerable in their insecurities, and rely on the trust that, until recently, we felt. I spoke up too, although I feel like a child by comparison.
I watched leadership obliterate that trust and safety with indifference and indignation. I watched my exec completely undermine all the DEI and communication training my company and org invested in by dismissing minorities& #39; concerns.
I watched another employee wield her tenure to correct the exec and call that shit out. Shit that would probably cause any regular employee to be fired or at least reprimanded.
The most vocal person of us was suspended publically and is now under investigation. Retaliation.
The most vocal person of us was suspended publically and is now under investigation. Retaliation.
Leadership doubled down on the decision and has caused more harm in doing so. The emails were more concerned with the "bullying" of people being called out for how their actions allowed racism to continue rather than the employees vocally saying "I do not feel safe."
