Diversity in the workplace...
Recently in the elevator at work they've been playing a video sent over from global HQ in New York. In it the Global CEO sits down to chat with some employees about what a great place my company is to work. There are five employees, 3 men and two women, 2 white, 1 oriental, 1 south asian and 1 black and one of the men is camp enough to suggest to anyone (except the typical korean) that he is probably gay; all in all I think they're trying to show that it employs a diverse bunch of people although there was no sign of any disabled people in the film. But it all seems a bit crass to have got that perfect mix. I mean sure all these different groups do work for the company but the distribution is not as implied in the film.
Anyhow, it turns out that the Korean branch of the Firm is updating its publicity brochure (or possibly its annual report - I didn't get the full details) and they wanted a photo to show the diversity of the firm. Therefore they got on the phone to my department and asked us to take a photo "of koreans and foreigners working together". We duly set up a fake meeting and took some photos...again, you can see 5 employees, 3 men and 2 women, 2 koreans, 2 whites and a japanese. Don't be fooled, there are but a handful of foreigners at my company and you can see most of them here!
People hanging on my every word. What they are actually looking at is the details of my hotel for my trip to LA next week...
You mean it's right on the beach? Are you sure you're going there for work?
3 comments:
Let's hope the picture doesn't come back to haunt you. I remember taking part in a promotional video when I was working in Staines (back in the time when I had bubble perm type hair). Years later same video surfaced at Chippenham much to the mirth of my colleagues there. Not sure if it was the hair or the fact that I was participating in a meeting with VIPs of the organisation when in fact I was just a humble rent-a-face. Anyway enjoy your holiday - whoops business trip.
What happened to that Fordingbridge picture you were going to dig out and show me?
Will try and find it when I get back from Milan.
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