HR is not your friend, and other things I think you should know

Re:HR is not your friend, and other things I think you shoul... by klodolph on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:01AM (#25820143)

> Ignore inequality as it effects you, assume you can overcome it. But acknowledge its existence with respect to others and do everything in your power to create equality.

This sounds hopelessly inconsistent to me. Why should I hold myself to a different standard than I hold other people to? If acknowledging inequality elsewhere is required to be kind to other people, that means that ignoring inequality when it affects me is being unkind to myself.

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Re:HR is not your friend, and other things I think you shoul... by digitaltrees on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:18AM (#25820227)

Because it is effective.

If you assume you can’t do something you definitely won’t. If you assume you can, you may not succeed; you may be blocked by some external cause, but not by something you could have controlled.

In the case of helping others, you may play a role in clearing an obstacle that, not withstanding their own effort and belief, would have blocked them.

In both cases you are assuming you have power. Power to help yourself and power to reduce inequality by empowering others.

This isn’t a contradiction.

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Re:HR is not your friend, and other things I think you shoul... by klodolph on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:23PM (#25826171)

It is sometimes effective. It is sometimes a harmful delusion.

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Re:HR is not your friend, and other things I think you shoul... by mcv on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:19AM (#25820233)

It's a good rule of thumb. It's the difference between accepting and acknowledging. You can acknowledge the hardship of others but still fight against your own.

I don't tolerate inequality, but I do know it exists. It will continue to exist if we don't fight it.

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