More diversity fun
A friend sent an email to the LOG group in which we were privvy to a copy of a company email sent out by the CEO of a major airplane manufacturer here in the Pacific Northwest. In it, the CEO is defending the company's policy of supporting and promoting Gay Pride month. (Ahem...ever been to a Gay Pride parade? Half naked people dressed as nuns and priests handing out condoms is not my idea of a family friendly environment...I'm sorry, but it makes it tough to take the whole thing seriously.)
Anyway, besides that little rant...I had a Dilbert moment reading the memo (Did you get the memo?) and had this to say:
"A key part of creating that environment [a successful one] is aimed at helping all employees know that they are appreciated for the contributions they make toward helping [this major aircraft manufacturer in the Pacific Northwest] meet its business objectives."
How Nice! Hint hint hint here for management: the REAL way to do this is to GIVE OUT FRIGGIN RAISES!!!!
If I get one more coffee mug, water bottle (Got one recently that actually says: "You are appreciated"!), thermos, hat, or umbrella as a sign of my employers' appreciation I am going to implode being unable to bear the stupidity of it all.
How about: "horizontally challenged individuals month" (aka fat people need love and acceptance too), or "Orthodox Christians employee appreciation month" (oh yeah, we don't rank)
Why can't people just come and build their ariplanes without having to have their diversity (sexual or otherwise) celebrated? And frankly, if we are going to celebrate diversity we need to celebrate ALL diversity and in truth there is A LOT of diversity in the world and thus, to be fair we should always be in a state of diversity celebration. Think of all the Diversity we could celebrate: start with ethnicity and specific ethnic combinations (i.e. Polish-Mexicans, Slavic-Germans etc) and then move right on down the line to Dog-lovers and Cat-lovers, Atheists, rock climbers, anglers, republicans, democrats, people who are shorter than 5 foot, people who are lactose intolerant (ahem...need to find a better word there please), people who drink macrobrews (quickly becoming a persecuted minority - they need our love, support, and appreciation)...shall I stop or go on? Anyway, think of all the special events around the workplace: free food, Parades, poster and decorating contests, sessions for speakers to enlighten us, special aircraft liveries, etc etc etc...
But don't be surprised if US airlines are flying nothing but Airbuses...since other manufacturers are too busy being diverse. By the way...(light bulb goes on) how can we express and celebrate our diversity in actual airframe design? We shouldn't supress people with out hardlined and intolerant aerodynamic principles!
Now, get back to work people.
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American-Revolution-and-Sons-of-the-
Civil-War-(Both Sides)-
Heterosexual-Orthodox-Christians?
How could my boys POSSIBLY expect to work effectively unless they were APPRECIATED?
Just put 'em on the dole now.
Liz on the next block
Well except for gay women from Luxemburg, I like pretty much everyone.
I thought I'd add in sexist, since you forgot, anonymous.
Is it possible you might actually stick around to see this answer? Maybe even dialogue? Or is this just a silly shot across the bow before you sail off knowing I have neither the time, interest, or ability to pursue?
Just asking.
If I'm wrong...let me know by kindly defining in precise terms what the word "homophobic" means.
Both times they said "we don't have the money to give out bigger pay cheques but here, you're very much appreciated."
ARGH.