Lawryde should be CEO

Diversity Of Thought Will Take
Opposite of Dog From Good To Great

...Sometimes, in the United States in
particular, we hear the word “diversity”
and immediately think of race or gender.
Certainly it’s important that we’re diverse
in how we look as a company, especially
as we work to attract the best talent
around the world to serve our customers.
But it’s even more important that we’re
diverse in how we think...- JO CEO Opposite of Dog 02/2008

Friday, October 06, 2006

I am Jack's acceptance of Diversity

Opposite of Dog has a large diversity initiative in place. I’m all for diversity in the workplace, especially at Opposite of Dog where the culture is so grossly atavistic it’s oppressive.When most people think of diversity, they think of different races and cultures interacting as if there is no difference between them. This is definitely part of diversity, but I think that’s pretty easy to achieve. By easy, I mean that it’s easy to accept someone when they are supposed to be different than you are. Someone from India is from the other side of the world, so most people can handle the fact that they have different customs and ways of seeing the world.Where Opposite of Dog is failing, and will continue to fail is diversity of thought. I can’t be who I actually am at work; because of the inability of old white men to accept the fact that all young white engineers aren’t conservative, Republican, God fearing, risk intolerant, local sports team loving, willing components of the larger machine.The day I could come to work in a short sleeve shirt, sit down and eat sushi at lunch, and have a discussion about how universal healthcare would solve the rising cost of healthcare (it’s all the lawyers faults according to 99% of the people who work here), would be the day that Opposite of Dog has truly embraced diversity.At which point hell would freeze over.

-Lawryde Engineer Opposite of Dog

I'm so fucking progressive.