Racism In Home Depot's Promotion Processes

Does racism exist? Yes…it is very easy on every level to ensure minorities do not succeed. Want to ensure someone does not get hired for an hourly job simply rate them poorly on the interview evaluation. Want to ensure a salaried assist manager does not succeed? Send them to a horrible store and ensure they are walked all the time. Want to ensure a Store Manager does not succeed? Ensure he gets the worst Assistant Managers and a few well placed comments will ensure the Regional Vice President does not consider that store manager as one of the “in crowd” and eventually the store will collapse.
Does sexism exist? Go to any store and look at the cashiers. How do young girls seem to only qualify for jobs ringing at a register? The District, Regional and Divisional HR’s serve one and only one purpose: to remove issues from the Home Depot universe. They are not there to ensure the associates do well, most posses a laughable background in HR, and across the board there is SUCH a large disconnect between them and what stores do they bring so little value to the stores, associates, company and shareholders. These HR’s have been “restructured” so many times because they do not add value and never will. Not for the company and not for the associates.
There are rules for days and endless ways to ensure someone fails. Anyone at Home Depot can cheat their way to success, but it can only be done if you are one of the “in” people. You could be the best retail person in the world, but if you are not in…”they” will ensure you do not succeed. I have read a lot of these posts and I can feel for the families and friends of you guys. Here are my suggestions. Try to do great work. Stay out of the politics. Go get some great retail experience. Know your rights under the law. This is worth saying again: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW. Look at getting some type of education that elevates your earning potential. If you are going to make Home Depot a career, be rest assured of (1) long days (2) hostile treatment (3) develop an appetite for large doses of BS. Many will say “hell that is in any company”…at HD it will certainly be on levels you are not going to see in most companies.
So before you ask…”hey since you know all of this…why is someone not doing anything about this?”. Like I said: NOBODY CARES. This is a company that has, does and will continue to crucify anyone that does care