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I’m Not Your Poster Child for Workplace Diversity
Why won’t companies quit slapping a Band-Aid on things and make some actual meaningful changes?
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that for the most part, having a job is strictly transactional. You might have a few cases where passion for the work takes precedence, or you find co-workers who might later give your wedding toast, but at the end of the day, The Big Company has one thing in mind: What else can this hire do for me? And for their handful of POC employees, sometimes that bonus work is becoming walking, talking PR for a brand pivot.” — The Only Black Guy In the Office