WEBVTT - Will going 'Back to Office' hurt Black techies? - Everett Harper

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<v Speaker 1>UM, you probably recognize that there is a quickly moving

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<v Speaker 1>bt O resurgency like back to office. Companies are going

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<v Speaker 1>back to office AP think Apple announced it yesterday or today,

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<v Speaker 1>depending on when you're listening to this. Apple recently announced

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<v Speaker 1>they want the people back in the office. UM. Is

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<v Speaker 1>that dangerous to this conversation of UM, diversity in the

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<v Speaker 1>in the workplace. I think it's really interesting. Um. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of different points to it. One, I think

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<v Speaker 1>the cats out of the bag. Frankly, in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>people saying, hunt, do I really have two hours of

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<v Speaker 1>my day or three hours of my day to be

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<v Speaker 1>commuting In an era where you have housing prices rising

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<v Speaker 1>and folks can't afford to live near yor city center,

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<v Speaker 1>that's even more of an issue. And it affects black

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<v Speaker 1>books in particular. If I'm in Mississippi or if I'm

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<v Speaker 1>in Georgia, if I'm in Atlanta, not only do I

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<v Speaker 1>have amain in Atlanta based companies, but I'm attracting attention

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<v Speaker 1>from all over the country. Why would I want to

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<v Speaker 1>leave Atlanta? Um? If you enjoy that community. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the other side of it gets interesting, is UM. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And what I think the other side of it is,

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<v Speaker 1>um how do companies that used to be in office

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<v Speaker 1>and who are going hybrid or fully remote, how are

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<v Speaker 1>they managing the mentorship and sponsorship of new employees, particularly

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<v Speaker 1>black and brown employees. Here's how it works. If it's

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<v Speaker 1>always if it had been in an office and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of dry by and so forth, meetings

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<v Speaker 1>or lunches or whatever. Hey, I'd love to get like

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<v Speaker 1>a coffee with you and you get some informal mentoring

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<v Speaker 1>and so forth, that's awesome. If you move to hybrid,

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<v Speaker 1>how does that happen? It doesn't just automatically. Has to

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<v Speaker 1>have an intention, and so a company would have to say,

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<v Speaker 1>we understand that, and we're committed to either having identifying

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<v Speaker 1>our star folks or emerging talent and getting them back

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<v Speaker 1>in that office for a week a quarter so that

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<v Speaker 1>we can kind of get that that trust building that

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<v Speaker 1>happens person to person or place of pace to face um,

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<v Speaker 1>or we do some other rotation system. If there was

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<v Speaker 1>a remote person who isn't getting that kind of manatorship

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<v Speaker 1>and the culture supports it face to face, they are

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<v Speaker 1>at a deficit. So one would have to be thoughtful

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<v Speaker 1>about setting that up. It's black tech. Green Money shared

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast with the people you're closest to.