tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post112238546530429914..comments2024-02-19T00:14:24.293-08:00Comments on Daniel's political musings: Embracing diversityDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14946233454014389006noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-1122482243235319452005-07-27T09:37:00.000-07:002005-07-27T09:37:00.000-07:00Many years ago I had the distinct pleasure to be a...Many years ago I had the distinct pleasure to be a temporary employee for the Eugene Water and Electric Board. Now I know this is not owned or run by Lane County, but I was blessed with the beginning of the fall. As a temp, I was not eligible for benefits of any kind. After I had been there a few years, EWEB introduced benefits to significant others. So here I am contributing to the company for no benefits and yet some guy getting it in the A** gets some of the best benefits PERS has to offer. I asked HR what I could do to get at least part time. The answer was always the same; apply. I asked the manager of affirmative action as well. Her answer was “you have the wrong skin color and body parts”. Now back then, the affirmative action manager was a hard core lesbian. Almost all office jobs were being filled exclusively by homosexuals. Being a heterosexual white male, I had no chance. I wrote letters to HR, managers and even the CEO. After being a temp for 6 years with this utility, I was finally let go. 6 years! If I was a poor employee, they could have let me go at any point because there was no contract. I received several merit raises. But after 6 years I started to make a stink and let my views known about the hiring practices. I was fired. Officially on my “public” file it states completion of temp position. But when I was let go, the director of the department I worked for told me I was fired. Think they would have fired me if I had more pigment in my skin of had sex with my A**? Lane County has been a breeding ground for discrimination for many years. Thank God I got out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-1122430476607620702005-07-26T19:14:00.000-07:002005-07-26T19:14:00.000-07:00I'm going to have to check how many state jobs exi...I'm going to have to check how many state jobs exist with "human resources" in the title...Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946233454014389006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-1122398767372080312005-07-26T10:26:00.000-07:002005-07-26T10:26:00.000-07:00What makes me think we are living on a steep teete...What makes me think we are living on a steep teeter-totter, with Crazy Islamists on the other end and Whacko Lefties on this and either one or the other will bring us to ruination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com