Posted on 03/24/2021 10:28:40 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Critical race theory at it again
Cigna — one of the country's largest heath insurance providers — has reportedly encouraged hiring managers to avoid hiring white males at the company.
What are the details?
According to a Friday report from the Washington Examiner, employees at the company have been "asked not to consider white men in hiring decisions."
Citing leaked training documents and chat logs, the outlet noted that Cigna employees are also expected to undergo "racist and discriminatory" sensitivity training on topics such as "white privilege," "gender privilege," and "religious privilege."
"Chat logs between an employee and a hiring manager viewed by the Washington Examiner detail an incident where a minority candidate with strong credentials performed exceptionally well in an interview," the outlet noted. "When that employee suggested to the hiring manager that the company wave the candidate through to the next step in the process, the hiring manager dismissed the candidate under the assumption he was white."
"After learning that the candidate belonged to a minority group, the manager said she was excited to hire him, despite learning virtually nothing else about his background," the Examiner continued.
One employee told the outlet, "Given the hiring practices they have in place where white, male candidates are blocked, regardless of qualifications, I have to say, 'Yes, there's obvious discrimination at this company.'"
On another occasion, an employee reportedly suggested a candidate with "years of industry experience." The only problem? The candidate was reportedly white and thus could not be interviewed "because he didn't meet the diversity criteria."
What else?
Employees are also encouraged to avoid using certain terms — such as "brown bag lunch" and "no can do" — in order to make their speech more accommodating, inclusive, and positive.
In an internal memo obtained by the outlet, Susan Stith, the Cigna Foundation's vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion, and corporate responsibility, said, "Our inclusive culture at Cigna means that we're working hard to ensure everyone feels respected, welcome, and like they belong. This extends to the words we use, including understanding when certain terms might be perceived as negative or hurtful, and being intentional about choosing positive alternatives."
The company — which boasts more than 73,000 employees across the world — has also reportedly recommended workers inform themselves on inclusivity and racism by reading books about white fragility and more.
The health care company did not respond to multiple requests for comment, the Examiner noted.
White, Christian, heterosexual male. The minority without victim status.
Graduated college in the 80’s, my field was probably 95% male. Companies were desperate to hire females despite so few applying. My company hired one about a year after me at 25% more than I was making. They never could find hardly any black/Hispanic employees, tons of Asian since a mathematical field.
If I were hiring, I’d hire White men in their 50’s and 60’s. They show up for work and do a great job because they know if they lose the job they will never get hired again.
That should be a Dave Chapelle skit.
I declare as a woman.
Now I am a White woman.
Same here but if the person or persons took no obvious action or said nothing I wouldn’t know if they were racists or not.
The HRs did both !
Whigger
He does a lot of these on Oceanside Pier near my house.
I’m embarrassed for my neighbors.
Your embarrassed? Why?
Your embarrassed? Why?
“They’re a private company so they can chose whom they want to hire.”
Not legally. Not if they are violating the Civil Rights Act.
CIGNA, you might be HEADQUARTERED in a minority majority town (Bloomfield, CT), but whites are the majority of Americans.
White men are way too uppity—
They’re a private company so they can chose whom they want to hire.
“Employees are also encouraged to avoid using certain terms — such as “brown bag lunch”
White men ask for too many raises LOL.
cigna sucks, they deny everything and half of what they pay out, they demand it back. They are the reason many people in my area are filing bankruptcy due to the promised coverage for procedures and the denial of service once the procedure had been done. One family had a child that needed heart surgery and cigna argued that it was “cosmetic”, if the child didn’t get the surgery she would have never seen her next Christmas.
My son interned at one of the largest aluminum plants in the country and was told by a friend that would have loved to hire him, he was not allowed to even interview a white male.
Ask yourself...have I ever been or am a part of this Cultural Suicide?
1973 high school needed a job my father worked for pac bell, I took the test scored very high but could not get hired because I am white. Let’s just say old man was mad. Few yrs later my brother his wife and me and my wife all tested for pac bell jobs I was the only one rejected for being white, my brother who is several shades darker the I am.
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