Comments on: Co-workers complain they can’t understand her — is that bias? http://www.hrlegalnews.com/co-workers-complain-they-cant-understand-her-is-that-bias/ Up-to-the-minute cases and law impacting HR Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:01:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: JVN http://www.hrlegalnews.com/co-workers-complain-they-cant-understand-her-is-that-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-6512 JVN Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:45:47 +0000 http://www.hrlegalnews.com/?p=1156#comment-6512 John - True. That is just part and parcel of a public forum. You get a wide range of opinions, which is great, but some of them are better informed than others. Did you see the "discussion" of the Merry Christmas article back a few months ago? Folks on both sides of the issue threw business best practices and principles of employment law out the window and descended into petty personal attacks and hatefulness. Not everyone is capable of taking that step back from their own morals, emotions, whatever and looking at things from a different perspective. John –

True. That is just part and parcel of a public forum. You get a wide range of opinions, which is great, but some of them are better informed than others. Did you see the “discussion” of the Merry Christmas article back a few months ago? Folks on both sides of the issue threw business best practices and principles of employment law out the window and descended into petty personal attacks and hatefulness.

Not everyone is capable of taking that step back from their own morals, emotions, whatever and looking at things from a different perspective.

]]> By: John http://www.hrlegalnews.com/co-workers-complain-they-cant-understand-her-is-that-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-6507 John Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:21:59 +0000 http://www.hrlegalnews.com/?p=1156#comment-6507 I agree. But what will happen here soon is that some of our peers will fail to get the point of and reason for the lawsuit. They will base their feelings of 'fairness' from the narrow point of view of what they personally feel about immigration or some of a different culture; exactly the reason for the suit. I apologize for my paranoia but I have seen it too often before. I agree. But what will happen here soon is that some of our peers will fail to get the point of and reason for the lawsuit. They will base their feelings of ‘fairness’ from the narrow point of view of what they personally feel about immigration or some of a different culture; exactly the reason for the suit. I apologize for my paranoia but I have seen it too often before.

]]> By: JVN http://www.hrlegalnews.com/co-workers-complain-they-cant-understand-her-is-that-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-6491 JVN Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:33:35 +0000 http://www.hrlegalnews.com/?p=1156#comment-6491 How sad and childish! One of our managers is from Mexico and has a very thick accent, but he has an incredible grasp of English - earned his PhD here. We can all understand him. Yes, his accent took some time to get used to, but that's true of native English speakers from other parts of the country. Our main outside counsel is in Memphis, but we are in the midwest. Sometimes her accent is a challenge. You'd never catch me taunting her! Pathetic! How sad and childish! One of our managers is from Mexico and has a very thick accent, but he has an incredible grasp of English – earned his PhD here. We can all understand him. Yes, his accent took some time to get used to, but that’s true of native English speakers from other parts of the country. Our main outside counsel is in Memphis, but we are in the midwest. Sometimes her accent is a challenge. You’d never catch me taunting her! Pathetic!

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