56. "RE: 1. HR came to take my pic for a diversity brochure" In response to In response to 50
You sound like my Hubby talking about his job. Black folks in technology are always looked at as "token" especially in the larger companies. But when they realize you know your shit...jaws on floors! This happens to my husband on a weekly basis.
A lot of people are going to lose their shit when this reorganization structure gets announced.
1. He gets the "speaks so well" comment a LOT! 2. When he goes into meetings with customers, they always tend to try to play it up to the Indian or white dude sitting next to him, because they think that's the one they have to try to sell to and impress, but when the questions start coming from him, they get all frazzled and shit. 3. When he goes to conferences, they always get floored by his knowledge. Some people actually tried to "mistake" him for the help. 4. He recently had to go to HR and correct them on some ish regarding his title, and essentially his pay. They don't want to lose him, so they are taking care of that ish right away! But the problem was that people with less experience and couldn't hold a candle to him, we're getting paid higher and had a higher rank in the company. He squashed that shit real quick.
"We don't make mistakes, we just have happy little accidents" - Bob Ross
"I'm wearing a MSU Tshirt because I went to MSU, you are wearing a UM Tshirt because you went to Walmart!" -unknown.