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Some Silicon Valley tech workers are calling in 'black' to work
CNN ^ | July 7, 2016 | Sara Ashley O'Brien

Posted on 07/07/2016 4:51:48 PM PDT by PAR35

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To: bgill
If they push that card too much, companies will take that into consideration when hiring.

I am sick and tired of all this bigoted, prejudiced stereotyping of the coloreds as shiftless, worthless, good-for-nothing no-accounts. If you give them a chance, they'll prove to be conscientious reliable workers.

21 posted on 07/07/2016 6:10:01 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (I'm not a smug know-it-all; I just want you to experience epistemological closure.)
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To: PAR35

And they wonder why all their jobs are going to India.

Spent 35 years in Silicon Valley working 60 hr. weeks and longer on the road. Never needed or took a mental health day. My work WAS my mental health.

Get a grip, wusses.


22 posted on 07/07/2016 6:14:02 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting , knitting, always knitting)
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To: bgill

I know I would. Anyone with an entitlement attitude and/or chip on their shoulder would be on my no hire list.


23 posted on 07/07/2016 6:21:05 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: bgill

I know I would. Anyone with an entitlement attitude and/or chip on their shoulder would be on my no hire list.


24 posted on 07/07/2016 6:21:05 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
now THAT'S funny...
25 posted on 07/07/2016 6:22:23 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: PAR35

back in the day, we called it coming down with a case of “sick leave”, cough, cough.


26 posted on 07/07/2016 6:23:54 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: PAR35

It must be nice knowing you’ll never be fired, no matter how bad a job you do.


27 posted on 07/07/2016 6:30:11 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: PAR35

Oracle Database corporation had a core tech worker on duty 24/7/365. Eventually he burned himself into an overworked heart attack driven by his boss. No calling in black.

Later after surgery, at the hospital itself, his boss showed up with the worker’s laptop, to guess what?
Keep on working!


28 posted on 07/07/2016 6:36:28 PM PDT by TheNext (Hillary Hurts Children & Women)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Nope, then they just fired the guy who actually is expected to be there doing the work.

They would only do yours if they wanted to tank the business.


29 posted on 07/07/2016 7:04:11 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: PAR35

Well if Elizabeth Warren can get a university gig as a “person of color”, then I think everybody should be allowed to “call in black”.


30 posted on 07/07/2016 7:04:55 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: PAR35
advocating the need for a mental health day.

I'm calling bullshit. It's an excuse to get a free day off from work.

And if you truly can't work because you are stressed that a black person got killed, then you are too much of a pain in the ass for anyone to hire you.

I have a dead child - how's that for mental health - and I still manage to go to work. So shut up.

31 posted on 07/07/2016 7:08:35 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Trailerpark Badass
kinda like a union job, black union
32 posted on 07/07/2016 7:27:18 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: PAR35

Fire the snowflakes and deny their racism.


33 posted on 07/07/2016 7:29:13 PM PDT by soycd
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To: Lizavetta

You miss the point - corporate productivity improves if the Affirmative Action hires just stay home. As long as they are on the payroll for statistical purposes, it’s a win-win situation.

Would you really prefer for them to show up complaining and disrupting the work flow? Then get a job in a federal office and see how the real world works. It’s easier to work around someone that isn’t there. Give them a mission achievement award for not showing up.


34 posted on 07/07/2016 7:32:27 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

No, I didn’t miss the point. I understand that if that is their attitude they are likely useless employees and yes, keep them at home.
The other point is they are gaming the system and crying need when it’s really just laziness. Two separate points.


35 posted on 07/07/2016 7:53:48 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: PAR35

Let’s just call it what it is, a person exemplifying the work ethic that is ingrained within a race or community. Don’t forget to add in the loose tennis shoes.


36 posted on 07/07/2016 8:18:04 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: PAR35

We used to call them “mental health days” - but, then, we worked in a psychiatric hospital....


37 posted on 07/07/2016 8:47:32 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Secret Agent Man

No, they don’t want them whites gettin’ uppity.


38 posted on 07/08/2016 2:55:50 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (I'm not a smug know-it-all; I just want you to experience epistemological closure.)
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To: PAR35
Never in my life. Worked with my hands, worked cows popping brush since I was old enough to sit up and now this crap.

Texas, we got to get the hell out of here. Put this BS on your list and if someone tries to use it, one way trip to the northern (or southern) border.

#TEXIT

39 posted on 07/08/2016 4:17:10 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: Secret Agent Man

LOL, LOL, :)


40 posted on 07/08/2016 8:15:25 AM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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