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Two Blatant Ways Big U.S. Companies Are Hurting Employees And Their Careers

With this one, I’ve gotta start with some quotes from the article:

When you enter the career section of Goldman Sachs, the preeminent investment bank based in downtown New York City, you’re immediately shown a montage of happy, attractive-looking employees in their early 20s, while not so subtle highlighting its homage to diversity and inclusion.

 

I suggest you visit any corporation’s career site and you’ll get the same feeling—we want younger people.

Actually–and please note, I am not “young”–I’ll give him what he’s saying about Goldman Sachs (because their career site is hilarious after reading this article)…but, honestly, when I go to the career sites of most corporations, the “feeling” I still get is they mostly want men and white people (i.e. white men, basically). At the most, “diversity” seems to mean gays and lesbians, and white women, in far too many cases–sometimes an Asian or two or some white-looking Hispanics who can only be identified as Hispanics by their surnames. Cherry picking acceptable types of diversity is not true inclusion, whether it’s age, sex/gender, race, nationality, sexual orientation and so on…but it seems like the vast majority of employers do exactly that and still expect a pat on the back.

Nevertheless, I do have to agree with this:

It’s not that [corporations] love younger people, it’s that they know they come cheaper.

This article is very interesting–I just don’t know how much of it I do agree with overall. I have been the recent graduate struggling to get a job twice–once after college, and then again after graduate school. It has seemed pretty clear to me that most employers care more about work experience than snatching up cheaper young labor, but maybe things are changing because I see more and more older people asking why don’t employers want to hire them…and I have recently worked for a company where being young seemed to be the norm.

Maybe employers don’t actually want to hire anybody?!?! I really wouldn’t doubt it.

Two Blatant Ways Big U.S. Companies Are Hurting Employees And Their Careers

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Tips for creating an introvert-friendly workplace

Every employer should read this article and really think about its content.

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Some of the gems:

…the nature of the modern office — with open environments and cubicles instead of offices — can often work against an introvert’s nature, leaving them mentally and emotionally exhausted by the end of the work day. However, an extravert might thrive on this type of environment where they can get regular feedback from coworkers, all the while, unintentionally exhausting their introvert neighbors.

 

Whatever your company culture is, no one should feels as though they’re being judged for not participating in non-work related activities. Or even for performing their job in a way that suits them best, but isn’t how everyone else is getting work done.

 

“…The cornerstone of our philosophy is we can only have a truly creative work environment if we build appreciation for different approaches,” says Arvai.

 

Tips for creating an introvert-friendly workplace

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Is Your Corporate Culture Cultish?

I don’t agree with everything in this article (I’m admittedly unsure of why everyone seems to think it’s “important” for work environments to be “fun”–we get paid to work for a reason), but I find the overall topic and some of the points made in this article to be important–not to mention severely lacking attention. This is so not only in the business world for employers, but also for job candidates who can end up in poor work environments for themselves by not getting a sense of what the culture is before accepting a job (been there, done that).

The gems:

Any time there’s a potential for people to feel excluded for how they think or feel, the organization has entered cult territory. And ultimately that will be bad for business. The rigidity of cult behavior stifles innovation, thereby endangering the company’s future.

 

Ask yourself: Do employees believe in the company’s vision because they understand and agree with it or because that’s what they’re supposed to do? Does the company encourage them to have personal lives? Most importantly, does it encourage the individuality and non-conformism that drive breakthroughs?

 

a great culture…is equally about healthy debate – in which people can debate certain values and norms and differ in their opinions. When a culture ceases to embrace diversity and dissent, it becomes a cult.

 

Is Your Corporate Culture Cultish?