Being a high-level executive in today’s world can be, to say the least, challenging, even when your job is, for all intense purposes, diversity, equity, and inclusion. New York Times vice president of inclusion, strategy, and execution Natalia Villalobos recently found that out the hard way that when addressing a group of the paper’s LGBTQ employees on a Slack message channel geared towards them, one should use other HR-approved channels for addressing their workplace concerns. “TimesOut” is an employee group aimed at the paper of record’s LGBTQ employees, so it might seem like a natural place for those employees to voice concerns related to their workplace environment. Well, not so fast. Recently on the channel, Villalobos seemingly wanted to make sure the employees knew of every resource available to them saying, “I just wanted to share a note about discussing or reporting about your workplace experience to ensure everyone knows about our resources.” Perhaps a bit strange, since this page was specifically for the voicing of concerns. She then listed several HR-related Slack channels and also suggested that employees could speak directly with HR reps.Read More
New York Times Exec Triggers LGBTQ Staffers with ‘Insensitive’ HR Request
