More Training

So I finally finished the Harassment Prevention training that started weeks ago. It was super tedious since I have just went through the exact same material months ago. Overall, it is a good thing to bring more awareness and train people to identify and prevent harassment. However, many times I felt there was definitely a political agenda. Additionally, the material often makes statements that start with “Research shows…” but never has any references to the research. I feel if you are going to pull out the expert authority card, you need to footnote the source.

The next course is Global Trade Controls, where we learn about export controls. I did the export compliance job at a previous company for several years and it sucked. We did hire an external law firm to help, but I think the company employee should also have a law degree or background. The most interesting part of the training is a list of embargoed countries. There are the usual suspects like China (the communist one), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Venezuela, et cetera, but now Hong Kong is also on the list. I am not sure when Hong Kong was added; I do not remember seeing it on the list the last time I took this course. I am pretty positive that it is in response to the insane National Security Law that was forced on to Hong Kong recently. I used to love Hong Kong, even though most of the time I was just transiting through the airport. I have only been in the city three or four times, and looked forward to visiting again. Well, that is on indefinite hold now that China has basically trashed Hong Kong. Sad…