Well, the spectre of employment equity is making the rounds again, and it usually causes some people to grumble a bit about people getting jobs simply because of a quota that needs to be filled. I never pay much attention to this stuff, what with actual problems that matter filling my life quite nicely, but I did the math today and realized that at most companies with ee policies that I could apply to, once you subtract the other “targets”, there’s a 60 to 70 percent chance that the only reason I would get the job is because I’m a white male. Yeah, life is rough. Grumble grumble.
I don’t remember the chain of links that brought me to this, but it’s worth watching at least once…
Today’s secret puzzle letter is S.