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White employees: there’s both trust and respect in our workplace. Black employees: not really

Black employees also don’t feel that they can be their full selves at work, and that the system for evaluation and promotion is fair. These findings from our 2021 Race in the Workplace Survey point to a substantial trust deficit between companies and their Black employees.

Black employees see less fairness and fewer chances to succeed.
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To read the article, see “The Black experience at work in charts,” April 15, 2021.