Do You Understand Organizations?

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Clarissa

January 14, 2024

Leftists don’t know how human beings work. Everything about human biology and psychology either confuses or upsets them.

Conservatives have no idea how organizations work.

See, for example, this article that goes on and on about DEI statements in academic hiring. I obviously detest DEI statements. They are coerced political speech. They are humiliating and degrade our human dignity. But they have zero impact on anything. Nobody reads them.

Everybody is busy. These hiring portfolios are large. It’s rare that I would read anything beyond the CV. Only if the CV has holes in it and raises questions, might I look at the cover letter. The likelihood that I’ll look at anything beyond the CV is low.

The CV is everything in academia. It tells the whole story. Our CVs go on and on, and you have to be one of us to make them speak to you.

I deeply dislike hiring. I thought it would be a great part of my job but actually it’s one of the worst. Why would I make it even more time-consuming and annoying by reading stock statements that are, in all likelihood, written by a chatbot? Nobody seeks additional bureaucratic drudgery in the workplace.

Of course, it’s possible that both Left and Right fake their ignorance but it’s a dumb game no matter who plays it.

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5 responses to “Do You Understand Organizations?”

Anonymous

January 14, 2024

off topic–do you have tags for posts or am I missing them somewhere? I’m looking for.book review.posts. I just bought a new e-reader and wanted to treat myself to a couple of new books. :)

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1. Clarissa
  
  January 15, 2024
  
  I should do tags but I’m too lazy.
  
  You can enter “Book Notes” into the search box in the right-hand panel, and they’ll all pop up.
  
  And congratulations on the new e-reader!
  
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Stringer Bell

January 14, 2024

From the article you posted:

“A self-survey conducted by the University of California, Berkeley, found that, during a search for faculty in the life sciences department, 76 percent of applicants were eliminated solely on the basis of their diversity statements.”

Looks like someone’s reading them, no?

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1. Clarissa
  
  January 15, 2024
  
  They were eliminated not because what they said in the statements but because of their race and sex. Unless you can say “I’m an African American woman” or at the very least “a female scientist”, nobody wants you. People specifically get permission to hire only somebody from a favored group, so they know that any other result won’t be approved.
  
  I have to write justifications for every hire for every position who is not African American. It’s a state requirement. I asked the HR, “do Hispanics or Asians count as ‘diverse’?” They said, absolutely not, only African Americans. It’s quite extraordinary, given that we have significantly fewer Hispanics and Asians in the area.
  
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  1. Stringer Bell
    
    January 15, 2024
    
    That makes sense. I guess you can view a diversity statement as a suitable proxy for race. The bigger point is that people are getting eliminated because of their race, whether directly or indirectly.
    
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