You're putting a lot of things on me that I didn't say and don't think. I'm not the OP, and my first response was that the amount of "discrimination" I've perceived as a SWM is incredibly small, especially compared to what every single other group deals with today and has dealt with in the past. I basically see a growing awareness of people's straight white maleness, and how it's uncomfortable for everybody that so many people in positions of socially-constructed or corporate-delegated power are SWMs. And I would agree that there is a sharp overreaction to that by SWMs and their cultural allies in recent years, which is why people naturally feel like: "oh cry me a river."
Then stay out of my comments and I won't involve you
I understand what you're saying. But why would a SWM get up in arms over someone else succeeding? Because that's the way it comes across, like someone else getting a promotion or a leg up is taking away from their superiority. Not even getting into things like Affirmative Action, it just plays like anyone who isn't a SWM just doesn't deserve consideration.
I mean, I can't argue with this. Of course we should all be treated equally.
This thread is gettin' less LOL.
Apologies for the long post, but I like your post and want to give it a decent response.
Wouldn’t surprise me being that they are a liberal company. But as a young straight white male, I don’t deal with much of that but I feel I’m treated a little different because I’m not like a lot of others there who aren’t straight or white which is ridiculous.
YEP!
100lbs is embellishing, but in short. Yes it is. Any two team members must be capable of team lifting any products. Regardless of sex. Solo lifting team lift products "because you can" I'm pretty sure is a violation
In my store gender is never specified when asking for help, folks just say "Team, can I have help with a carryout/team lift..."
That's how it should be
This. Here. And - hispanic GM never get spoken to about their "pace" or leaving work un finished. Only the very few WM and WF get grilled. It s such an obvious joke as they are expected to cleanup after them, literally do all their backstock AND own backstock. Never see or hear the Hispanic GM answering walkie or any calls as well for backup yet get the same wage. They don't even carry a walkie. And don't help guests. Explain how WM and WF are privileged ?
Feels that way at my store, too, although the age range was higher. Funny how people who have worked there for years with good reviews, no CCAs, Team Hero of the Month, etc. suddenly have a birthday or two and all of a sudden can’t do anything right, at least in the eyes of certain leaders. Seems like bs to me, and its odd that some of these leaders aren’t exactly spring chickens themselves…🤔🙄🙁🤬
I can't say that this is what's happening, but often when a company changes the way they do things, the older folks and/or long-timers have a hard time with the changes. They complain about the new policies, say how much better things used to be, struggle to adapt, etc. We've seen it here on this board with all of the resistance to Modernization.
