This is definitely the most racially discriminatory company I have ever worked for. The majority of the operations employees, engineering, and leadership teams at my site are split between southeast Asian and hispanic/latino with the majority of those 2 groups (and others) being born outside of the United States and speaking English as a 2nd language. This by itself is not a problem, since I appreciate diversity and the chance to learn from new cultures. The problem is that it is nowhere near representative of the local population, strongly suggests racially discriminatory hiring practices against the ones that are not prioritized in hiring initiatives, and is easily statistically verifiable. The day I was hired, I was hired on with a cohort group where more than 90% of the applicants were the same race/ethnicity as me, and we were sent to teams with supervisors with the same race/ethnicity of the majority of our cohort group, which I also consider another evidence of discriminatory hiring. Is this sufficient basis for a racial discrimination lawsuit?
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Yeah these Wokesters are literally insane. You can even point out how so many black peoples entire self identity is wrapped up in their own skin color and their victimhood mentality. It's really sick. How about we focus on our humanity not out alleged victimhood status as our entire identity.
You can't even say ultra woke black people (which is an accurate description) without being called racist.
Racist definition: What a wokester calls someone who speaks the truth when they don't have a coherent counter argument.
ah we found the white knight.
how is saying ultra woke black people racist? it's racist to call out a group of people who are behaving in a woke manner? the fact that they are ultra woke means it's actually them who makes everything about race. their entire social identify is their race. every linkedin post is about how they are black. every "inspirational" story is about how they had to go through through hard times sa a result of being black. every "humbled" experience is about how they were black, and had some attribute as a result of being black (certain hair style or certain way of speaking, etc) and how it caused them awkward situations at work, every other post is about black identity, black pride, black victimization.
now as a bystander I see all this and say wow this person is an ultra woke black person. how the he-l is that racist? what if i said ultra amazing black person? is that racist too cause I said black or is it only racist when I call out some negative behavior they are exhibiting? is it racist to call out something negative about a person just because they are black?
what exactly is your definition of racist? cause it seems you are just scared of hearing anything negative about someone black...like they are unimpeachable and can never do anything wrong and if anyone calls out something, they are automatically racist.
I am not racist, but I just said we are infected by ultra woke black people.....
Yeah, get laid off bro. I don't want to work with someone with that cretin attitude.
@2aze+1lUDAGQa exactly 100% correct.
The problem is these DEI distractions are literally anti-competitive, performance reducing policies and they are all out HR and C levels talk about. It's literally all you see on the Medtronic Connect front page. Many of us have seen first hand and repeatedly the negative performance impact of these policies.
That is why people are pointing towards these policies as the perfect example of the poor judgement of our management. They have to know what they are doing is bad for the bottom line yet none have the courage to stand for simple color blind hiring practices.
Yeah plenty of other companies are doing just fine because they are bringing attention to it, but not at the expense of the rest of their business.
Geoff and team seem to have gone ALL IN. Do you see the distinction or are you intentionally being obtuse? Our peers are literally overtaking us while also focusing on DEI stuff. We are some special cookies that get to just abandon performance entirely?
They have literally shown slides on town halls that our competitors are doing better than us. Quarter over quarter...year over year...Like wtf bro how much more proof do you need?
It's not because of DEI that we are failing...it's because of the SINGULAR focus on DEI. Now if you can't see the difference then you might be one of those people posting on linkedin about how proud and humbled they are every couple of days.
How can you sit there and say right off the bat that "most of the people downvoting here dont even work at MDT" on an entirely anonymous site? Right off the bat, you out yourself as someone who is willing to assert statements with absolutely no factual basis. So no surprise to all the other nonsense you are spewing. All talk, no facts.
I've been at MDT for over a decade. I've seen the company evolve. Is it going in the right direction? In my opinion, no. Is a lot of this Geoffs fault? Likely. But to sit here and use diversity and inclusion as the scapegoat to the situation MDT is in is absolutely pathetic. Blame it on the actual business decisions and stop with your self-victimization. Plenty of other companies are also being proactive on diversity and they are doing just fine.
most of the people downvoting here dont even work at MDT. if you actually saw the situation on the inside you'd know that while what some of the comments say sounds insane/bigoted...this is the literal situation inside. the censorship is unreal
case in point are those meetings where everything is massaged and controlled so as not to pi-s off the minority. statements like "so what's our narrative" and "okay let's make sure we are aligned on our story" or "should we invite person X or align with them separately" are commonplace. this is the antithesis of an open, transparent workplace and this is not a random team or two...this sentiment is encouraged within the enterprise.
we didnt fall from the top overnight...its this virus slowly infecting from the inside and some people (particularly the SJWs, the ultra woke black people (yeah go ahead and downvote me but you've all seen the linkedin posts by these people), the ultra feminist women, the white knight men, all of these people run this company and the agenda today is "how can we maximize social equity" and not "how can we maximize shareholder return"
again...go downvote me all you want but dont fkn come here on your high horse and pretend to be above it all when youre not even an employee nor have seen this sh-t with a front row seat,
Any free exchange of information always descends into some racist prattling on about non-racist folks.
Jesus, if your life is consumed with complaints about fictional white male oppression I hope your name is on the list in a few weeks, as I don’t want to work with you.
Signed,
A middle aged white male.
Yeah anonymity is the only way you can speak the truth on many subjects without being cancelled by the hysterical SJW mob.
The ironic part is the so-called intellectuals in the media, universities and corporations are by far the worst when it comes to allowing diversity of thought. They only believe in diversity when it's used as a tyrannical club against the imaginary oppressors allegedly keeping lesser accomplished people down.
Their censorship is so bad you can't even use some words in a context where any reasonable person would understand the use was appropriate. There are so many examples of people being cancelled for this.
When society has gone literally insane, anonymity is necessary to keep the truth in the public arena of ideas. When you can't even oppose BLMs tactics without being cancelled, we essentially live in a 3rd world type tyrrany in regards to free speech.
I always find it interesting the things that people are willing to say behind the shelter of anonymity.
He-l hath no fury like an aggrieved middle aged white cis male.
Sue bro, and let us know how it goes.
Personally, I am going to keep treating and viewing everyone as they are, a human.
Is the company racist?…no
Are some people racist within the company, statistically speaking, yes.
As a Director in the organization, I’ve always hired diverse teams. I sometimes joked that I had to hire a white male just to balance things out.
I’ve been with the company over 10 years and always have been on diverse teams.
Medtronic has plenty of guidelines and unconscious bias training regarding hiring practices. If managers aren’t reading up on them, then shame on them.
Personally speaking, Geoffrey talked a big game in 2020 after George Floyd’s mu---r, but he’s been non-existent since. He’s hired a couple diverse leaders, got rid of one and brought in a couple white males into key roles.
Unless you have evidence against you personally being discriminated against, you don’t have a chance at any lawsuit IMO.
White males at MDT below director level need to receive yearly LTI for being pigeon held for career advancement and promotions. Zero career opportunities with GM, KP, and SS steering the Titanic.
Lol k bigot