No minorities in management positions - Favoritism rules - Senior Survey Director Westat Employee Review

1.0
Sep 23, 2019
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Pros

Some of the people are nice to work with

Cons

I have been working here for more than 2 decades and the comments about tenure does not apply if you are a minority. Management is very biases and clueless and about diversity and multiculturalism. White male rule and white female right behind. Minorities are treated poorly and not given opportunities for training and advancement. Unless you suck up, which is a bad idea, you will not progress at all as a minority. Black employees with many years of experience and more education are passed over for white counterparts, who have way more flexibility to work from home and part time, but will still get promoted because of skin color.

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Cons

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Pros

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