blackface

Just days into a new job at Payone (Worldline subsidiary), I walked into a Christmas party to be confronted by a white colleague who I had been introduced to earlier that day, dressed up as blackface painting.  A full array of senior management and HR staff were in attendance as revellers, and it was a baptism of fire for me, having never experienced this at any other previous employer. Besides awkward looks from some people, laughter from others, the HR staff were silent during the event and there has been no apology to those likely to have taken offence.