Just got assigned unconscious bias training on knet. Thoughts?
These things strike me as inappropriate to force upon employees, regardless of where they might fall on any particular issue. Have other people been assigned these things? If you didn't feel like it was appropriate, did you just complete them anyway? FYI, Knet is the standard training tool used at Amazon. I'm also not being targeted individually, it's likely my org.
It’s good training. Everyone should have it. Thinking that you feel it’s inappropriate or you don’t need it makes me question if you even understand what the training actually is. It’s actually best to take it in a group setting rather than a boring slide deck/video training module that you click through without paying attention to. I took that training at my previous company with a live instructor. It was probably the most interesting and useful training I’ve taken. It makes teams work better when they better understand each other’s strengths rather than assuming weaknesses like the assholes we all unconsciously are.
every time I hear group training, I think of one of the office episodes
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Why is this inappropriate? It’s required education.
Unconscious bias actually slows innovation and hurts the company
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I have conscious bias. What do?
Totally inappropriate. I wish we all could stop being spineless pussies and next time hr sends this training we could tell him to fuck off, but you gotta earn that paper. So you have to suck it up and complete training.
Something isn’t inappropriate just because you don’t feel like doing it.
That's an uncharitable assumption. I feel it's inappropriate because my ideal work scenario has a clearer separation between things that aren't directly related to work and things that are. You could always make the case that any social issue is fair game for work, but i don't agree with that.
I’m sure those impacted by workplace bias would also like to separate “social issues” from being able to do their job in their ideal work scenario. I don’t know I would make the case that “any social issue” (however we’re defining them) is fair game for work. I’m curious: If it doesn’t make sense to you, would you consider a scenario where it could be beneficial / meaningful to someone in your org, and therefore worthwhile? (Like any mandatory training). And you’re right, I was being uncharitable.
Play it in the background and ignore it. Standard corporate brainwashing.
GIVEN THAT diverse teams have been shown to have innovation advantages, it’s in your company’s advantage to reduce friction towards building diverse teams. Also, don’t have a chip on your shoulder, it’s not a good look.
People do have unconscious bias .. why are you so sure that you have none... take the trainning and try to improve stop whining on blind ...
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