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Major bank to lower bonuses if diversity targets not met in initiative to triple minority staff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ ^ | 11/16/2021 | Zachary Halaschak

Posted on 11/16/2021 6:07:43 PM PST by massmike

Boston-based State Street plans to triple the number of minority staff in senior roles by 2023 and is using diverse hiring panels to do so. Under the policy, executives must show that they have made an effort to increase minority representation at the firm or face lower year-end bonuses, according to the Sunday Times, which reported that staff will have to receive “special permission” to hire white men.

Recruiters of middle management at State Street are now mandated to establish a panel consisting of four or five employees including a woman, and preferably a person of color, that will evaluate new hires. McNicholas said that while white men will still be hired, recruiters need to show that the panel interviewed a diverse slate of candidates.

In an email to the Washington Examiner, a State Street spokesperson denied the charge that special approval would be required to hire white men.

“Hiring managers do not need special approval to hire white men. This is factually incorrect,” the spokesperson said. “We are committed to diversity and inclusion and, as such, diverse panels of candidates. We hire the best candidate for the role."

State Street, which has pledged to hold itself “accountable for strengthening black and Latinx owned businesses,” has advocated for more women and minorities in the workplace in the past. It commissioned the “Fearless Girl” statue, which was unveiled to mark International Women’s Day in 2017.

The bronze figure, which features a young girl standing defiantly with her hands on her hips, was originally placed in front of the iconic “Charging Bull” statue, although it was later relocated to face the New York Stock Exchange after complaints from Arturo Di Modica, sculptor of the Charging Bull.

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KEYWORDS: diversity
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To: massmike

The only way to guarantee an increase in minority representation is to purposefully exclude whites. Unless, of course, minorities are disproportionately the best candidates.

The other problem is that they seem to be admitting they’re past hiring practices did not produce an employee population that reflects society. Disparate impact, etc. I predict a minority lawsuit in less than 6 months.


21 posted on 11/16/2021 6:26:25 PM PST by ARW
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To: tina07

Law...what law? We don’t need no stikin law!


22 posted on 11/16/2021 6:26:26 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: massmike

Bonuses are tied to hiring minorities, so the bank will be hiring Almost all minorities during the bonus measurement psriod. Nothing but POCs, so expect to find POCmarks all over the place.

If they were serious about diversity, the bonuses would also be tied to bringing in a disproportionate percentage of POC customers.


23 posted on 11/16/2021 6:27:41 PM PST by Bernard (If a school can offer varsity sports, it should also offer varsity (honors) academics.)
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To: massmike

When meritocracy is replaced by diversity, failure is assured, AKA “Go Woke, go Broke!”


24 posted on 11/16/2021 6:27:43 PM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: massmike

This crap needs to stopped in court
It is overt discrimination, how is this garbage allowed?


25 posted on 11/16/2021 6:28:01 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clinton's )
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To: CFW

Aren’t most government workers POCs?


26 posted on 11/16/2021 6:28:35 PM PST by Old Yeller (You can’t obey your way out of tyranny.)
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To: ealgeone

a relative of mine works at the NFL league office on Park Ave ... all women calling the shots ... not many white guys but lotsa ferners ...


27 posted on 11/16/2021 6:29:00 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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28 posted on 11/16/2021 6:30:33 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: wally_bert

You werent with Sun Trust Bank, were you?


29 posted on 11/16/2021 6:31:18 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: massmike

I was in the industrial world for 33 years. Every time bonuses are tied to X then X gets optimized even if it destroys the company. I watched that happen several times. I had a boss once who cost the company well north of one hundred thousand dollars just to add one hundred ($100) to his bonus. Managers view their bonus as a penis multiplier.

People are small and petty. If this doesn’t end badly, it will at least cost shareholders money they could otherwise have made.


30 posted on 11/16/2021 6:31:26 PM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Secret Agent Man

Wells Fargo.


31 posted on 11/16/2021 6:32:51 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: massmike

Does Massachusetts have the same “woke” rules that permit the theft of goods worth less than $900 without consequence? If so, I foresee lots of $899 “withdrawals” by the new employees.


32 posted on 11/16/2021 6:33:34 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: rdl6989
This will end poorly.

Yeah, for the taxpayer when we have to bail them out.

I don't love banks. But banks have to ensure that the return from "assets" e.g. loans they put out exceeds liabilities e.g. the principal and interest on deposits with the bank. It's a tough game and can't be played by fools - well it can if the system is rigged so the taxpayers get stuck holding the bag.

33 posted on 11/16/2021 6:34:36 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: bankwalker

these libs have some power now and we see how they’re willing to exercise it.


34 posted on 11/16/2021 6:35:16 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: massmike
When I designed incentive plans, we used measures like customer profitability, ROI, sales and EBITA.

Times have changed

35 posted on 11/16/2021 6:37:58 PM PST by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: massmike

So you could theoretically not hire someone based on the color of their skin? That seems raciest to me.


36 posted on 11/16/2021 6:40:17 PM PST by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: massmike

Nice to know who NOT to do business with.


37 posted on 11/16/2021 6:42:28 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (Election Fraud Deniers--Won't follow the science, won't follow the law.)
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To: massmike
“Hiring managers do not need special approval to hire white men. This is factually incorrect,” the spokesperson said.

Of course not.

They need secret approval.

No text, email or anything on paper.

.

38 posted on 11/16/2021 6:42:51 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: massmike

“Free plus free equals six.”


39 posted on 11/16/2021 6:43:40 PM PST by moovova (I'm dismayed that most of the world hates me for being non-vaxxed. Honest. No, really.)
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To: massmike

So....more Asians then? I wonder if they still count as “minorities”?


40 posted on 11/16/2021 6:58:46 PM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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