Why are people with disabilities non-diversity in high finance?
Been looking at some apps for finance internships and have noticed that "diversity" tends to apply to URMs mostly (and maybe white females). But I never see disabilities as people who are included as diversity. IMO they have had much greater physical and mental challenges then a Cuban who has grown up middle class (or replace with any URM). I get that it is difficult for a deaf person to work as a bank teller or some client services role, but tbh deaf people could easily grind out excel/ppt all day long. People born without legs can def perform many of the jobs that are in a chair. These people have felt tremendous emotional distress since obtaining their disability that is measurable and undeniable. Why are they considered non-diversity?????
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I'd hate to get a job because of some shit like that. He says having the most advantageous mental disorder known to man...
Sorry, I don't really understand what you are trying to say.
Anybody???
Investment banking is more than just being an excel monkey though.
Are you attempting to make an argument that disabled people would not be able to do the job at all?
Especially deaf people. Unless they just have impaired hearing or something (hearing aids). But nothing is impossible man, maybe its just my tunnel vision.
It’s likely got more to do with the fact that when it comes to things like gender, race, sexual orientation and religion… there’s essentially very little that one physically has to address in the workplace. Ok, maybe you need to provide a prayer room or lactation room or decide how you will designate/distinguish the restrooms, but these are spaces that will get utilized by more than just your diversity hires and they are essentially one-time projects and expenditures.
When you are addressing disabilities beyond the Americans Disabilities Act, which only prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities getting hired/having commuting access/etc… you are challenged to meet and address the unique and individual disability of that particular employee.
If they are unable to speak, do they require and do you supply them with a machine-based speech appliance? If they are unable to hear, do you supply them a CapTel phone [phone with captions] or other audio peripheral? If they are wheelchair-bound, do they require an office or cubicle with a wider entry? If they are epileptic or prone to certain sorts of seizures, do you allow them their therapy dog on the work site [some dogs are capable of sensing when a seizure-prone person will have a seizure and the dog will prompt the individual to lay down or do whatever is necessary to prepare themselves to seize]. If a person has back/skeletal issues but doesn’t use a wheelchair, do you provide them with specialized office seating?
And when you are dealing with any kind of tech peripherals like captioned phones or pc's that allow for larger fonts, you have to contend with software glitchesupgrades, service warranties and contracts on the regular.
As much as people with disabilities would add additional diversity to the workplace, it’s very likely that the unique customizing issues are getting looked at as a bottom-line/budgeting issue. I can’t prove it but I would suspect that larger firms might likely have more financial flexibility in this regard, much like how larger firms get group rates on health/life insurance and financial planning/retirement options for their employees. Smaller firms might not be able to swing particular expenditures that would effect and impact only a relatively tiny % of their staff.
Yes but its very hard for a disabled person to have the same sort of resume as someone without a disability so evidently the disabled person would get dinged if he/she is considered "non-diversity" making the ADA effectively useless. I get that the accommodations should be reasonable and the company shouldn't have to overdo it. Most of the scenarios you described are relatively cheap compared to the work the person will be putting in. If there is a huge issue, a lower salary could be negotiated. Also for the font thing I know someone who was legally blind at my high school and she used a screen magnifier and was very close to the computer. No real glitches there and for word/ppt/excel one can obviously zoom in.
They provide prayer rooms in IB? Wow!
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