Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
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Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
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Re: Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
#2This was a very disturbing incident, and I can only hope that it was an isolated incident and not indicative of a larger trend in the startup industry. The demographics are skewed enough as it is when it comes to this industry.
Re: Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
#3This was a very disturbing incident, and I can only hope that it was an isolated incident and not indicative of a larger trend in the startup industry. The demographics are skewed enough as it is when it comes to this industry.
Here's hoping the quick, decisive and very public action by management sends a clear signal.
Re: Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
#4http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jh72ja
What are we doing to make sure this never happens again in the future? Well, even before this incident, we hired a VP of HR who has implemented a sensitivity training program for all employees.
Which was evidently ineffective.
Re: Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
#5http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jh72ja What are we doing to make sure this never happens again in the future? Well, even before this incident, we hired a VP of HR who has implemented a sensitivity training program for all employees. Which was evidently ineffective.
The hiring clearly took place before the incident; whether the training took place before the incident is ambiguous. If it did, it was clearly ineffective. If not, then we have no evidence one way or the other as to its effectiveness.
Re: Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
#6http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jh72ja What are we doing to make sure this never happens again in the future? Well, even before this incident, we hired a VP of HR who has implemented a sensitivity training program for all employees. Which was evidently ineffective.
The hiring clearly took place before the incident; whether the training took place before the incident is ambiguous. If it did, it was clearly ineffective. If not, then we have no evidence one way or the other as to its effectiveness.
Excellent point on the ambiguity of it.
Re: Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
#7http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jh72ja What are we doing to make sure this never happens again in the future? Well, even before this incident, we hired a VP of HR who has implemented a sensitivity training program for all employees. Which was evidently ineffective.
The point of such training is to make it less legally risky to fire people for being insensitive.
Looks like it was effective.
Re: Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
#8"We don’t even tolerate people brining up concerns of racism here."
Wow. I assume that somewhere along the line, that guy misunderstood 'zero tolerance of racism'.
Re: Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
#9Everyone is trying his best to be PC, but the real takeaway is that you have to be careful not to hire some ultra-sensitive pantywaist thug who publicly cries "racist" at every shitty joke, giving your company weeks of terrible PR to clean up.
“Hey he’s dressed like Run DMC, does he know how to rap?”
Oh, the poor darling. Let's ruin a bunch of people's livelihoods over this apparently wicked comment.
Re: Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
#10Everyone is trying his best to be PC, but the real takeaway is that you have to be careful not to hire some ultra-sensitive pantywaist thug who publicly cries "racist" at every shitty joke, giving your company weeks of terrible PR to clean up. “Hey he’s dressed like Run DMC, does he know how to rap?” Oh, the poor darling. Let's ruin a bunch of people's livelihoods over this apparently wicked comment.
you sound racist