Corporate Ignorance On A Solemn Day
I work in corporate America for a large firm, which will remain unnamed for the purposes of this post. As with most large firms, we have an internal main news page that we view daily for internal news/announcements/info. As the anniversary of 9/11 was this past Monday, I expected to see a brief statement acknowledging that horrible day in America that none of us will forget (or so I thought). I checked several times that day and literally no mention of 9/11 at all. Not a peep.
Of course I realize that in the politically correct (PC) corporate world they fear offending people to the point of being unreasonable. It seemed to me that there was no reason or excuse for my company to not write a simple, brief note of reflection about 9/11 on a day that affected all of its employees. In a way it didn’t surprise me at all, since their actions have been similarly ignorant in the past. However in my opinion they hit a new low with ignoring this day.
I submitted feedback to the internal communications department of my firm (responsible for the content of our news page) expressing my disappointment and inquiring why they did not acknowledge that day. I have not received a response and probably never will which is a shame.
I can speculate as to why it was not mentioned, from a simple oversight/technical problem (very hard to believe) to fear of “offending†someone. The latter seems a bit over the top, but it would not surprise me if that was partially true. Who would they offend? Good question.
