Category Archives: Employers

Generation Y: Lazy Workers or Rational Reaction to Changing Corporate Climate?

A couple of weeks ago 60 minutes ran a story on the impact of younger workers in the workplace.  The piece noted that younger workers have different expectations concerning their careers than older workers.  According to the story, gone are the days of working your way up through the ranks.  Younger workers are demanding changes…

Confessions of A “Big” Firm Dropout: Why Women of Color are Dissatisfied in the Firm Environment

I ran across this Law.com article this morning that reports a study of job satisfaction among mid-level associates.  The article explained that a study of mid-level associates at law firms indicated that minority women were less satisfied with their firms than white men and men of color and were less likely to see a future…

Dr. Watson Presumes Too Much: Nobel Prize Winner Quoted making an Insensitive Statement

I stumbled across this article from the Times of London in which quotes James Watson, the scientist who discovered the double helix formation of DNA as saying that blacks are not as intelligent as people of other races. His comments were made when discussing his opinion for the prospects for change in Africa. He is…