Joe Doakes from Como Park em;ails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Has anybody else been getting messages saying that in these troubled times, the sender wants us to know how much they care about us? My credit card company, my bank, even my grocery store care about me now, in these troubled times, which evidently is something new for them – caring about their customers – since they never mentioned it to me, before.<\/p>
My CEO sent an email to top management. He pointed out that Thursday was an emotional, soul-searching moment; that the last few weeks had been draining and exhausting for all of us; and how important it is we make space for ourselves to get through troubled times like these, particularly BIPOC employees and leaders. We must take time to pause and recognize what happens when our systems and structures fail in plain sight. He asked that staff set aside 12:00 to 2:30 to make space for quiet and to observe Duante Wright’s live-streamed funeral, not to schedule work-as-usual or meetings during that time.<\/p>
I don’t recall seeing similar messages in the past, when our organization’s mission was to “Delight the Customer.” I started seeing them when the focus changed to “Racial Justice and Diversity in the Workforce” accompanied by a purge of old White men and promotion of women to management. Apparently, management now believes it’s essential that we fill the organization with Black, Indigenous and Persons of Color who are unable to do their jobs because they can’t handle the ordinary stresses of life.<\/p>
I liked it better the old way.<\/p>
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
I figure people who called 2020 “the worst year ever” never heard of 1942, 1916, 1861, or the Black Death, and have little comprehension of actual difficulty in life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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