• Kecessa
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    43
    ·
    3 months ago

    On a virtual meeting a guy unknowingly had his mic on and shouted to his kid “N…r sit your ass down!”

    • ____@infosec.pub
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      3 months ago

      Company has low-key software trainers - a ton of information to convey, but they mostly embrace and gently corral the inevitable side convos you get in a Teams room of thirty very confused people.

      Some of us were more vocal than others and a handful were less pleasant. During a brief silence, as a woman is about to ask a valid question, we ALL hear,

      “Oh, there’s Jennifer, running her fat fucking mouth again! (Pause) (gasp from speaker)”

      Guy wasn’t getting it anyway, but he didn’t last the rest of the morning.

      There were 29 of us in that room, two years ago. Now there are six of us remaining. Mouthy guy above is the only one I know left involuntarily.

          • Mojave@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            8
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            3 months ago

            To keep a clean work culture. To keep racists away from the work environment.

            • paddirn@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              22
              arrow-down
              2
              ·
              3 months ago

              If the guy was talking to his kid like that, I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume it was a black guy yelling at his kid, and not being a racist. Maybe it was a white guy, but that doesn’t sound like something a white guy would yell at their kid, even a racist.

              • Kecessa
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                5
                ·
                3 months ago

                Not all black people think that using the n-word is ok and many will tell you that no matter who is using it, the word has a racist undertone.

                When you work for an employer that makes it a point to embrace multiculturalism it’s not the kind of language you can use while you’re working.

                • Drusas@fedia.io
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  2
                  ·
                  3 months ago

                  While what you say is true, it doesn’t really refute the comment you’re replying to. It could have been a black, non-racist employee, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to use offensive language in the workplace.

            • superkret@feddit.org
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              10
              arrow-down
              12
              ·
              3 months ago

              “clean work culture” = “It’s not enough when a worker does their job, they also have to adjust their behavior to their employer’s wishes, both at work and in their free time.”

              • otp
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                11
                ·
                3 months ago

                During a virtual meeting isn’t an employee’s free time…even if their mic is supposed to be off. Lol

              • AstralPath@lemmy.ca
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                7
                ·
                3 months ago

                This wasn’t on their free time. Are you ignorant on purpose or just completely clueless?