Black Women Are in ‘Survival Mode' at Work—and Company Diversity Efforts ‘Fall Short'

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A new report found that Black women aren’t thriving in the workplace because they’re not being tapped for their skillsets or supported for promotions.

Survey respondents also called attention to how non-inclusive workplaces impact their mental health. While most Black women say they feel valued for their contributions at work and they have the freedom to make their own decisions, 88% experience burnout on the job sometimes, often or always due to the pressures of performing in non-supportive environments.The Black Women Thriving report makes the distinction that Black women are merely"surviving" in the workplace.

"It also looks like experiencing burnout," she adds,"not just because of the amount of work that you have to do, but also because you have to navigate the workplace as a Black person and a woman and all of the possible microaggressions that come with that," from code-switching to altering your natural hair to fit workplace norms.

"In our research, we found that thriving for Black women includes feeling joy about what they're doing or as a result of what they're doing," Hines says. Black women also described thriving at work as feeling supported and having energy at the end of the day.2020 was a landmark year for companies committing to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives"Employers have to keep the promises that they made about diversity, equity and inclusion.

 

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This article is a bunch of BS!! You can do anything in life as long as you work hard. Sh*it isnt just given to you because the color of your skin!! Maybe they need to work harder!!

That's awful!

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