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Like I get you, cause I’m hood. But like someone else said, get to know your coworkers. We hide in the shadows. If I’m never seen at work events it’s cause I don’t relate to Ya’ll. And I don’t want to. And this blatant acceptance of “the rules” that don’t exist is also why things don’t change. It’s a mixture of being able to be your full self at work and managing professional expectations. I already have too many walls to climb. I don’t want other peoples biases *cough* A1 *cough* to come in the way of my success.
And A1 and everyone else touting “the rules”, corporate speak is not “easily accesible”. Unless you go to college - and what a hurdle that is - and actually apply yourself, you still end up at the bottom of the totem pole to learn a new corporate culture. Especially when no one - LITERALLY NO ONE - around you, near you, in your neighborhood or even church congregations has experience in a corporate setting, that 💩 is not “easily accessible”. Miss me with that.
Alright ya’ll, toodles! Argue amongst yourselves. And read “Authentic Diversity”.
“Authentic Diversity” literally has an example of two people in a corporate setting maneuvering a similar situation. That is why. Knowledge is power.
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Okay, can someone help me understand what the heck is “hood” speak or language. Why is another language or a variation of English being referred to as “hood”? Is “hood” language something that is only used in the “hood”? Please refresh my memory, why are the folks in this thread including op referring to “broken-English or slang” as “hood”? Let’s start there
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Plenty of people manage to bring in different mindsets and come from diverse backgrounds while still using "corporate speak" though
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Maybe where I work just isn't that bad then I guess
I don't think I hear any slang at all to be honest, it really sounds the same phrases I hear among my friends except my friends also cuss and add in our own slang, but don't find any phrases get removed
Corporate culture exists for a reason. Speaking in a certain manner encourages professionalism and a low key environment that is conducive to work. I would be offended if coworkers addressed me with hood speak.
“Hood”, like how EY has east, central, west, and financial services regions
One caveat- professionalism is necessary.
I worked in an office, not consulting, where a lot of people were not college educated, managers were promoted from within and had no management training.
It was a NIGHTMARE. People constantly acted like it was, well, the hood. Petty posturing, idiot machismo (from the men AND the women), managers who did a terrible job of supporting their teams.
I’d get crap for just speaking like someone who occasionally reads books.
So yeah. Corporate speak is annoying, and I definitely want diversity, but I also want people to act professionally.
What if I don’t understand or misinterpret the language used in the hood?
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Your co workers - and people in general - are far more multi- faceted than you may think. Get to know them outside of their work - what you find may surprise you!
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In my first corporate job I told a more experienced colleague that we could handle things outside if he wanted to. My manager, thankfully, explained why that wasn’t the right way to address the situation 😂
If you want to play the game learn the rules, otherwise don't complain.
Author, your view is naive at best. It's illogical to believe you can upheave established orders just because you don't like/didn't create them under a pretenses of "progress".
It's smarter to play in the established framework and make pushes where it's more fruitful. Imo
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There are trends moving towards this. Not necessarily changing the language people use, but encouraging people to be their authentic selves at work. The OMP at my old firm was a Haitian dude who grew up in Brooklyn. It was always a delight to see him integrate his genuine self into what was needed in a corporate environment.
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Yeah it’s basically shaped by one specific group’s culture.
Imagine a contract written in (as OP described it) “hood language”. That would make for quite the legal dispute. Why not pidgin? Besides, I’m pretty sure education is the first barrier, not “hood language”.
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin.amp
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Isn’t this an old Dave Chappelle skit when Vernon Franklin keeps it real?
Language warning here, it’s Dave.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pfz0tDQZhqs