When I worked at Levi’s as the chief marketing officer, we had a rule regarding social media: never turn off the comments. Levi's doesn't follow that rule anymore.
The ratio of hypocritical leaders to genuinely-committed-to-the-mission leaders, everywhere, in business and in nonprofits, is pretty remarkable too. It's always shocking to discover that colleagues, or bosses, or both, don't really believe in anything much except keeping their images clean.
I worked for a grantmaking foundation (that gave out between $1.5-2 million/yr at that time) for 13 years (as the support person). They gave to a variety of causes and, in NY, mostly to social welfare and the arts. One of our grantees worked with at-risk teenagers, and my boss decided we ought to provide an internship to one of them.
The grantee sent over a black teenage girl and I was asked to show her what the expectations were and to evaluate her.
This girl clearly had had no exposure to the East Side office world. She was shy to almost the point of muteness. But she listened carefully to what I told her; she was neat and appropriately dressed, with an almost old-fashioned conservative modest affect, and I liked her very much and thought she was exactly the sort of kid who would most benefit from an experience like this and whose world might be positively changed by it.
My boss didn't want her. She first approved a charming black teenage boy who was used to snowing progressive white women and who thought he could get away with playing with his pet whatever on the devices they had back then instead of shelving books in our conference room, and after giving him a few gentle warnings, I told my boss he wasn't working out. He was sent back and the next candidate was a lively, charming, intelligent Dominican girl who was gonna succeed in life anyway and my boss loved her.
I've never forgotten this, how the young woman who most needed this opportunity and who absolutely had, at least, the correct presentation for an office setting but didn't know how to sell herself to the progressive set and didn't suit the image my boss wanted. My boss who was a big knacker in NYC Democratic politics, who was at Bill Clinton's inauguration, but couldn't give 2 months to a black kid who'd've remembered it forever.
People like my boss fill the world you were in at that level at Levi's. You'd recognize the type everywhere now.
I love the fact that Sey Everything taught me what "ratioed" means. John Gibbs taught Rep. Peter Meijer (US 3rd District-MI) what "primaried" means but he didn't like it! 😁
It's an interesting situation for Jennifer to be in: flipped overnight from being on the inside (at Levi's) to being on the outside. And ironically, it didn't happen in 2020, or 2021, but in early 2022, when most of the elements of lockdown policies were gone or about to end.
Elites block any negative feedback, so they become even more out of touch. Randi Weingarten and Moderna also disable comments because they get ratioed with everything they say. The US Open is now sponsored by Moderna: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/update-on-novak-djokovic
Whatever else is true, closing the public schools which serve low income kids is NOT progressive. As other commenters have noted, closed schools not only resulted in learning loss, the closures also meant that kids in unsafe home environments were not observed by "mandatory reporters" for more than a year. The incidence of unreported abuse almost certainly increased.
The total hypocrisy of Woke capitalism is maddening for its hypocrisy and disregard for people who are free -- are we free? -- to think and express those thoughts freely.
The ratio of hypocritical leaders to genuinely-committed-to-the-mission leaders, everywhere, in business and in nonprofits, is pretty remarkable too. It's always shocking to discover that colleagues, or bosses, or both, don't really believe in anything much except keeping their images clean.
I worked for a grantmaking foundation (that gave out between $1.5-2 million/yr at that time) for 13 years (as the support person). They gave to a variety of causes and, in NY, mostly to social welfare and the arts. One of our grantees worked with at-risk teenagers, and my boss decided we ought to provide an internship to one of them.
The grantee sent over a black teenage girl and I was asked to show her what the expectations were and to evaluate her.
This girl clearly had had no exposure to the East Side office world. She was shy to almost the point of muteness. But she listened carefully to what I told her; she was neat and appropriately dressed, with an almost old-fashioned conservative modest affect, and I liked her very much and thought she was exactly the sort of kid who would most benefit from an experience like this and whose world might be positively changed by it.
My boss didn't want her. She first approved a charming black teenage boy who was used to snowing progressive white women and who thought he could get away with playing with his pet whatever on the devices they had back then instead of shelving books in our conference room, and after giving him a few gentle warnings, I told my boss he wasn't working out. He was sent back and the next candidate was a lively, charming, intelligent Dominican girl who was gonna succeed in life anyway and my boss loved her.
I've never forgotten this, how the young woman who most needed this opportunity and who absolutely had, at least, the correct presentation for an office setting but didn't know how to sell herself to the progressive set and didn't suit the image my boss wanted. My boss who was a big knacker in NYC Democratic politics, who was at Bill Clinton's inauguration, but couldn't give 2 months to a black kid who'd've remembered it forever.
People like my boss fill the world you were in at that level at Levi's. You'd recognize the type everywhere now.
Perhaps Levi are hoping to supply the uniforms for the WEF's planned global serfdom?
I love the fact that Sey Everything taught me what "ratioed" means. John Gibbs taught Rep. Peter Meijer (US 3rd District-MI) what "primaried" means but he didn't like it! 😁
It's an interesting situation for Jennifer to be in: flipped overnight from being on the inside (at Levi's) to being on the outside. And ironically, it didn't happen in 2020, or 2021, but in early 2022, when most of the elements of lockdown policies were gone or about to end.
Why are people surprised? It's capitalism. Corporations don't care about people - they care about profits and their shareholders. That's it.
Elites block any negative feedback, so they become even more out of touch. Randi Weingarten and Moderna also disable comments because they get ratioed with everything they say. The US Open is now sponsored by Moderna: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/update-on-novak-djokovic
You are a hero, madame. May God bless you and grant you strength. Salaam and peace.
Whatever else is true, closing the public schools which serve low income kids is NOT progressive. As other commenters have noted, closed schools not only resulted in learning loss, the closures also meant that kids in unsafe home environments were not observed by "mandatory reporters" for more than a year. The incidence of unreported abuse almost certainly increased.
I guess you will come to your point somewhere...
The total hypocrisy of Woke capitalism is maddening for its hypocrisy and disregard for people who are free -- are we free? -- to think and express those thoughts freely.