Conference turris::womannotes-v3

    
    
    I have a problem with this survey.  I don't believe I'm at all
    qualified to answer whether or not Dec is a good place to work
    for blacks, Native Americans, or persons with disability.  I do
    feel that I might be qualified to give an answer about whether it's
    a good place to work for women.  I have a problem with men answering
    the second question, "Is Dec a good place to work for women?"  and
    I just *know* there's going to be some who want to answer it.
    
    Yup, there's always at least one man out there who thinks he knows
    *all* about us!  And is willing to tell us *all* about it!
    
    I didn't see anywhere on the questionnaire to state what sex, race,
    etc. you are - that would have helped.
    
    I'm sending mail to Jay with these thoughts.
    

I 'd like to see sexual orientation reflected in question 2.....

Kathy

    RE: .1
    
    I think the thing to notice here is that this is a survey of Employee
    *Perceptions*.  I am not being asked if Digital _is_ a good place for 
    blacks, Native Americans, or persons with disabilities to work; I am 
    being asked if I _perceive_ it as a good place for these people to 
    work.  
    
    The two are separate and distinct.  They are also both important. 
    There will be people who will say that this is *too* good a place for
    these groups to work, and that is an issue that needs to be addressed
    just as much as actual, Digital supplie working conditions.  No matter
    how much the company tries to make this a good place for all people to
    work, if the overwhelming perception is that they do *too* much for
    certain groups, a true Valuing Differences atmosphere will never be
    able to be fostered.
    
    E Grace

    Unfortunately, I don't feel that I can answer this survey honestly
    without getting into trouble.  Not for what I've experienced, but 
    from what I've seen happen with other women.
    
    Miriam

    
    Since when are women "people of difference"?
    
    Don't answer that,
    
    D.

    I agree with what everybody's said so far.
    
    Does the fact that white (as a race) and male (as a gender) are omitted
    from the list of us different folks in question 2 mean that Corporate
    DEC defines "different" as anybody that's NOT one??
    
    I don't think this Survey IS answerable...

    oops.  I don't agree with .4.
    
    My people have also been here for generations but they are not native
    to America.  I don't have a problem with the term Native Americans any
    more than I do with the term Physically Challenged.
    
    How peoples wish to identify themselves doesn't bother me, personally.

    
    If I put my mind to it, I don't think I could come up with a more
    offensive term than "people of difference", followed by a list of who
    those people are. It tells you very clearly who the norm is (the people
    *not* on the list), and it labels anyone not on the list as
    "different".
    
    This is how wars get started.
    
    D. 

    	Ok, so how many of who object to the survey, the terms used and
    assumptions it's based on are gonna *write the author* ?
    
    	I see validity in all the points raised.  Please raise them in the
    right place.  
    
    	This kind of feedback, while not what he asked for, will tell him
    something(s) valuable too.
    
    Tracey
    

    Re .11
    
    Jay Palermo is "her", not "him".  I agree that you should
    send your ideas to her.  I have.  She may be distributing 
    the survey, and not be the author.  However she is certainly 
    in the group that created the survey.
    
    You could also modify the survey to include the categories
    and questions you think appropriate and send it to her.
    
    Pat
      

	Oops!  So sorry!  My Dad's name is Jay.  So Jay = male in my mind.

Tracey