Value of Diversity in the Workplace
Value of Diversity in the Workplace In the past 12 years of my life, I have only held two jobs and my current job keeps their employees aware of the importance of diversity in the workplace. Before I became employed at AT&T, I was employed at Super One Foods a retail chain of stores mainly in the southern part of the United States. In the organization the importance of diversity in the workplace was not discussed or held as a high priority, at least not from my observation of management. Although the company employs many women in management positions such as bakery, deli, office and non-foods managers there are no women who hold the title of “Store Director” that is a person who leads the daily operations at one of the retail locations. There are some women who hold the title of grocery or assistant manager in which these positions are also mainly held by men. Females, who held the title of grocery or assistant managers seemed to never progress no matter how much potential they had.
Before I left the company there was a unique situation in which several women applied for a store director position and all were very qualified to do the job. These women had proven to handle the daily operations of the retail location as acting store director when there were meetings or vacation that called for the store director to be away from the job. Although there was constant evidence that at least six out of the seven people who applied for the job was very capable of performing the daily duties the job was given to a male within the company who was said to be a “seasoned manager.” For a company who offers leadership training programs, I would think that at least one of the female applicants would have been given a chance at the ultimate opportunity of a lifetime. To make up for not awarding one of the applicants the job, all of the individuals were called into a meeting to receive an explanation of why they did not get the job. For many of the women who I spoke
Before I left the company there was a unique situation in which several women applied for a store director position and all were very qualified to do the job. These women had proven to handle the daily operations of the retail location as acting store director when there were meetings or vacation that called for the store director to be away from the job. Although there was constant evidence that at least six out of the seven people who applied for the job was very capable of performing the daily duties the job was given to a male within the company who was said to be a “seasoned manager.” For a company who offers leadership training programs, I would think that at least one of the female applicants would have been given a chance at the ultimate opportunity of a lifetime. To make up for not awarding one of the applicants the job, all of the individuals were called into a meeting to receive an explanation of why they did not get the job. For many of the women who I spoke
References: Super One Foods, 1021 Hwy 182 Opelousas, La 70570