Re: Double Whammy
Kaleem, I have seen situations like that too. But in the end, it all evens out yeah? THose who lean on their color, race, religion, country of birth in order to further themselves in their careers all find themselves hitting the fabled glass ceiling no matter what level of skill they have. I've seen this many times in my work in corporate america. Anyone who uses the things mentioned above in the same paragraph as bonus, promotion, advancement...might as well pack it in now and get used to the same-old-same-old paycheck cause they just slammed themselves in the head with that glass ceiling. Its even becoming more acceptable to openly admit it. One of the worlds largest financial institutions held a "town meeting" where anyone could express concerns and one "woman of color" began soap-boxing about the lack of such within the high ranks....the CFO with much class explained to her that promotions from within the company are indeed a company goal but the FOCUS and the reward of higher positions are based PURELY on results...not on race, color, creed, religion, sexual preferences etc.
And you know, corporate america doesnt CARE about those things. They care about RESULTS...give em results and I dont care if you're a metro sexual, lesbian, gay, Muslim, christian, are green, blue black or yellow...give em results and you'll go on up the ladder.