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US employment news: DEI jobs decreasing

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GrumpyPanda · 18/02/2024 14:50

Just seen, may be of interest to FWR.

"As DEI gets more divisive, companies are ditching their teams."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/20/corporate-diversity-job-cuts/

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GrumpyPanda · 18/02/2024 14:52

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NonnyMouse1337 · 19/02/2024 07:52

Thanks. It doesn't seem like much of an improvement overall but maybe it's early days.

On the plus side, I guess a number of corporations have realised these are pointless jobs that suck up money but provide zero return on investment - the roles and the people who take them are incentivised to keep the grift going by coming up with more and more 'oppressions' and 'microaggressions'. If they actually solved anything, they'd be out of a job. Best to get them off the corporate balance sheet.

On the other hand, these roles are being outsourced to consultancies. Easier to pay someone external to come along and spout nonsense and illegal 'advice' at employees who are easily guilt-tripped into discrimination if they think it makes them a 'good person'.
Then, when the inevitable court case comes around, the corporation says they outsourced the training in good faith so can't be blamed. And the grifting consultancy says their indoctrination is merely 'advisory' and not a legal directive, so they can't be held accountable either. And yet the destructive and divisive ideologies continue to affect the workforce.

It was funny though to read the grifters bemoaning that their useless, cushy jobs and easy money is coming to an end in some companies.

ArabellaScott · 19/02/2024 08:02

Yes, moving to consultants may be the first step in ditching the DEI altogether. Easier to quietly let a contract lapse than sack staff.

UltraLiteLife · 19/02/2024 09:57

I'd have been impressed if the DEI staff had made inroads into making work environments literally more accessible to staff with disabilities. And this would help not only the staff they have but create a workplace to attract people with disabilities.

There's a huge emphasis on the role of work and mental health and financial stability. Mental health as a standalone barrier and as something that is co-morbid with physical health.

There's some much encouragement for people to bring their whole selves to work. There seems to be comparatively negligible effort to make this a reality for the range of disabilities and health conditions people live with but cannot bring to the workplace because it doesn't accommodate them.

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