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- Aug 6, 2012
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Right after Obama was elected we had an all hands meeting where is was suggested that people keep their opinions on the matter out of the workplace. A little while later I what into the tool room and there is a small group talking and I overhear, "yeah, we gotta get that ni... out of the whitehouse". There were a couple of agreements to that opinion. I just grabbed what I needed and left. There were and still are a few black and white racists in the company who feel free to express themselves, but they are careful about where and when.
When I was moved to an office in engineering, my immediate supervisor, (74 yrs old), started sending me racist and misogynist jokes on email. I don't know why he was of the opinion I would enjoy them. There were addresses both inside and outside the company. Some about Obama were pretty bad. I told him to please not send that kind of stuff to me as I don't want it on my work computer. (he was my supervisor). Anyway he forwarded one and accidentally included the name of a black woman who ran purchasing. Gone the next day.
We still have one engineer who feels the need to gleefully tell everyone he meets in the lunchroom about the latest Hillary story he gets from wherever. Most everyone else keeps their politics to themselves, even if out for a beer on Friday.
When I was moved to an office in engineering, my immediate supervisor, (74 yrs old), started sending me racist and misogynist jokes on email. I don't know why he was of the opinion I would enjoy them. There were addresses both inside and outside the company. Some about Obama were pretty bad. I told him to please not send that kind of stuff to me as I don't want it on my work computer. (he was my supervisor). Anyway he forwarded one and accidentally included the name of a black woman who ran purchasing. Gone the next day.
We still have one engineer who feels the need to gleefully tell everyone he meets in the lunchroom about the latest Hillary story he gets from wherever. Most everyone else keeps their politics to themselves, even if out for a beer on Friday.