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I work for a very diverse company. Most of the tension stems from collaboration between the different departments /teams. Not all are on the same page, or the leaders of each team are failing to communicate causing a lot of confusion and tension.
Agism is accepted. Misandry is accepted. Hatred is acceptable if you direct it at the "privileged." This allows certain people to be very hateful, and have no idea they perpetuate hatred.
Honestly it seems to be generational tension 😂 there are a few older people in leadership who are just aggressively digging their heels into the way things have always been done and refusing to make changes- this includes everything from refusing to use gender inclusive language for non-binary employees to embracing the reality that social media IS a powerful marketing tool to realizing that DE&I programs benefit the company in more ways than just being a good PR move. They love making loud and snarky comments about entitled millennials. Honestly the company will be much better off once they retire!
My favorite part of the pronoun haters is that they're genuinely the people who really insist on making sure we all use He/Him for god.
Being a confident assertive black woman,most tension I feel is two folded, white men in upper management and insecure white women.
YES! It’s so annoying. You’re simply operating from a place of excellence and for some reason they’re so threatened by that. Why does that bother them so much when your efforts help the team and company. It’s so crazy.
Racial minorities with white male managers. White female managers seem to be ok. White peers are fine. It’s the white male managers that are the problem.
Agreed. White male managers should only be allowed to hire white male employees, thus, insulating BIPOC from their potential toxicity
I see it whereever someone dictates without listening. Regardless of skin, race, gender, position.
Typically between people who think they are competent/smart telling some else how to do their job.
Example, PM telling engineering how to design or sales telling nurses how to administer vaccines.
The most tension I feel is between different teams, not necessarily on racial or gendered lines. For example, relying on another team there’s tension caused when they either do their job incorrectly or you’re not treated as a priority
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Honestly I am struggling in being in a work culture that is dominant in white women, historically nepotistic, and often pushing passive aggressive behavior of virtue signaling on the sole BIPOC staff member which happens without issue even when reported. It's sad to realize this and despite the success in exceeding expectations in your work as a person of color, you are still put down by white colleagues leaving you to feel you barely meet expectations from their perspective. This then requires building additional mental health strength and resilience to move forward despite being criticized. It feels is all too familiar with BIPOC staff that then realize the institution might like the idea of you but don't like you which is why so many have left and are leaving #doesuiowaloveme
N1 this never became more apparent to me than when paying attention city council
meetings and NextDoor where this demographic thrives. I even see these well off white women who sometimes see donating thousands of dollars to “progressive” causes take some of the most right wing takes when it. ones to the unhoused, trans rights, policing, etc. had one try to threaten me with calling the police as if, as a white dude in his 30s, this scared me
It honestly feels like cis-het white male boomers are the common denominator where I work. Nobody else seems to be the centre of issues or complaints. We're able to be kind and gracious until one of these folks comes by. Half the time it's them as an individual, and half the time it's that the rest of us make assumptions of being unsafe in their presence based on past experiences.
In my industry, I see the most tension between similar teams who collaborate together. Some people are so competitive and will literally trip over themselves trying to make a similar team look bad
BIPOC are a global majority. I’d never refer to myself as minor to/less than anyone.
I am a leader of one of our IDE groups at our company and we have noticed a pretty big push back against LGBTQIA+ initiatives and donations. It's pretty scary. We also have noticed push back against celebrating certain holidays in the office. It's all fun and dandy when Santa prances around the office, but the second people want to celebrate pagan holidays it gets shut down immediately.
Those in power and with privilege against those without
AND men that want to micromanage anyone different than them
Ageism runs rampant. Freelancer creatives at 50+ might as become Walmart greeters and skip the hassles. IMHO.
True. Agism and hatred of older, especially white people is not only accepted, it's kinda encouraged.
I think for some reason it’s still OK to make ageist comments and hold people back in their careers because they are too young or too old.
Anything that creates siloed division. Separating any group based on demographic creates tension. I’ve experienced this in corporate and government.
Faculty and administrators. Except the faculty directs the anger at *administration*' in such a way that just really targets an office admin making even less than them.
Also I realize now this seems a weird response but it’s largely based on class and workplace equity, especially with most of the people of color being adjuncts with low pay and unequal benefits.
Eventually, we will realize that separating people into group identities isn't the answer. But probably not soon enough.