Vantaggi
No pros strong enough to offset their discriminatory behavior & practices.
Svantaggi
I believe Robert Taylor & Allen Goldsmith built TN on their racist & discriminatory beliefs, & deflect their beliefs onto clients, implicating clients & employees in racial, ethnic, & gender discrimination. “Is he Black?” “She is going on a hardy vacation like all Indians do, they all need to go back over there & live” “How hardy is this guy or is he a terrorist?” “I hate hardies!” “I do not like hardies for good clients” “Guys, find a woman between 30 & 40 who is motivated, listens well, pays attention to detail, who is in shape & not dragging around. So, find me some god (good) women for this position & please keep this information quiet but we know what they really want.” ~~ Evidence of racism & discrimination were investigated & verified by a Texas-based law firm. The firm confirmed actions were needed by Technology Navigators (TN); I believe nothing substantive was done. For years, we were told TN’s #1 client, an Austin-based agri-lending bank in a national lending network, didn’t hire “hardys.” Robert & Allen coined the term, because they believed “it’s as hard to get a client to hire Indians/Asians as rolling a hard 12 in a craps game.” Robert & Allen said the bank didn’t hire “those people,” because most of their customers were farmers with racist views. Robert said, “It’s not how I feel, we just give clients what they want.” But I later learned Robert lied. 9th year with TN, I had lunch with a contractor who worked at the bank. He mentioned an open position & I learned they did hire Indians. I was confused. Checked LinkedIn & he was correct. Searched my decade of emails for “hardy,” “hardie,” & “hardys,” to see how often we’d been told the bank wouldn’t hire Indians. I found 222 pgs, incl. Robert’s emails calling Indians “terrorists,” saying “ME DO NOT LIKE HARDIES,” “I hate hardies,” “this is a typical hardy candidate,” “I do not like working with these people as they are flakes & do not communicate & fall off the face of the earth,” “I do not trust these types of people,” “I bet they pass on this hardy,” “I do not like hardies for good clients,” “I make fun of this stuff all of the time with the names & songs but I am sick of dealing with these people & wasting our time,” “she is going on a hardy vacation like all Indians do, they all need to go back over there & live,” “Indians do not work well with (company name) bank.” Robert implicated the bank during a Business Analyst search, “Guys, find a woman between 30 & 40 who is motivated, listens well, pays attention to detail, who is in shape & not dragging around. So, find me some god (good) women for this position & please keep this information quiet but we know what they really want.” Robert was upset a candidate wasn’t immediately returning his call & asked me, “Is he Black?” I hung up in disbelief. Allen wrote, “last 2 candidates sent to (client name) are Hardies! Let’s try to get a well-educated, smart, sharp non hardy for them now.” Allen also wrote, “Thanks. no hardies,” after presenting a candidate. After interview Allen wrote, “I’m wondering if our hardy torpedoes will get a hit (with a sad face emoji).” Robert & Allen reluctantly submitted Indians, but there was always push back with candidates of non-American origin, no matter how qualified. Numerous current/former employees were copied on these emails, & we were all in meetings where Robert & Allen openly expressed discriminatory views. No one did anything; there was no one to hold Robert & Allen accountable. I felt horrible when Robert/Allen referred to anyone in derogatory ways. Shamefully, I admit I was younger with a family, & I felt stuck – not knowing what to do. I should’ve quit sooner. In 2019, Joseph (Joe) Kelly with Re-Sourcing Holdings & Jason Wachtel with JW Michaels bought TN and started managing the company. Robert & Allen continued working there. I realized Joe & Jason should know what’d been going on for years. The discrimination had always been wrong & I was hopeful they’d stop it. I filed a formal complaint to Joe & Jason & was relieved they launched an outside investigation; it appeared they were taking it seriously. After my complaint, Robert blatantly retaliated against me. I was able to share the exact timeline of those events with the investigator, along with the documented evidence. Ironically, the TN server was also “hacked” during the investigation. A decade of emails were deleted from my, Robert’s, Allen’s, Operations Mgr.’s, & the conference room’s accounts. I’d saved & sent 222 pages of emails to the investigator & alerted her to the “hack.” When the investigation ended, I was told Robert & Allen would get “training” (their behavior was confirmed). That “remedy” rang hollow given the enormity of their actions & inadequate in eradicating their rampant discrimination. When current mgmt did nothing to truly stop this behavior, I stopped working at TN and now only receive payments for prior contract placements.