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NEW: Source from IBM leaks internal Slack: "It's O'Keefe's fault we're having this DEI conversation"
YouTube ^ | December 14, 2023 | O'Keefe Media Group

Posted on 12/15/2023 4:43:13 AM PST by PJ-Comix

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UPDATE: A source from inside IBM and Red Hat has just given us INTERNAL SLACK MESSAGES that reveal employee response to our reporting. According to one IBM / Ret Hat employee, “The truth is, it’s his fault (James O'Keefe's) that we are even having this conversation. We all made zero stink about this until the 'super mega awesome leaked IBM exec video'.“ Clearly, this is striking a nerve both inside and outside the tech giant.


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KEYWORDS: ibm; jamesokeefe; omg; redhat
LOL! Imagine being an employee of IBM or Red Hat whining about OMG and then you click on this video and... YOU SEE YOUR WHINE HIGHLIGHTED. It is enough to cause many so mentioned to endure Big Mac Attacks in their diapers.
1 posted on 12/15/2023 4:43:13 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

“This wasn’t a problem until people found out about it” is the basis for almost all major corporate problems.


2 posted on 12/15/2023 4:46:26 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: PJ-Comix

translation: we were all onboard with the illegal discrimination, just because we knowingly and willingly violate employment laws, why is this a big deal?


3 posted on 12/15/2023 4:53:03 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: PJ-Comix

DEI is racism


4 posted on 12/15/2023 4:59:14 AM PST by struggle
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To: PJ-Comix

“it’s his fault (James O’Keefe’s) that we are even having this conversation.”

That’s literally true. The objectionable part is the word “fault.” This is a really bad look for them.


5 posted on 12/15/2023 5:00:04 AM PST by cdcdawg (Our empire of sodomy is failing as it should. How else could it go? )
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To: PJ-Comix
I like corp dumpster fires.

So satisfying to watch upper management panic and look for someone to blame.

Just be sure your documentation solid before posting.

6 posted on 12/15/2023 5:00:27 AM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: All

Clearly, the expose of its DEI machinations is striking a nerve both inside and outside the tech giant.

Company secrets are intended to stay just that.....secret.

Keeping the company stock “up there” counts more than honesty.


7 posted on 12/15/2023 5:01:03 AM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: PJ-Comix

Red Hat Linux is owned by IBM? If true that will remove Red Hat from any future OS recommendations our company will make in the future.


8 posted on 12/15/2023 5:04:23 AM PST by ByteMercenary (Cho Bi Dung and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: PJ-Comix

My uncle Larry went from adding machine salesman in the 30s to a Vice President of something. My father wanted me, a math major to work for IBM.
I CERTAINLY Hd a good reference and IBM was my only senior interview.I was AFROTC and went in for 22 years. My cousin Larry did work for IBM.
THINK


9 posted on 12/15/2023 5:11:00 AM PST by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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To: PJ-Comix

That’s like a criminal saying it’s the fault of the police that you got caught and had to go to prison.


10 posted on 12/15/2023 5:11:50 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: ByteMercenary
Red Hat Linux is owned by IBM?

Yes, IBM purchased them long ago.

11 posted on 12/15/2023 5:18:37 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: PJ-Comix

For those who haven’t seen the O’keefe video.

https://dallasexpress.com/business-markets/ceo-of-tech-corp-ibm-enshrines-dei-hiring/


12 posted on 12/15/2023 5:24:02 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: PJ-Comix
We all made zero stink about this until the 'super mega awesome leaked IBM exec video'.

"super mega awesome", you can't buy that kind of praise. That's the kind of quotation you put on a book cover to sell more copies.

I'm surprised that the whiner didn't blame O'Keefe's Great Dane while he was at it. (He doesn't have a Great Dane, but I was getting a Scooby Doo vibe reading the article).
13 posted on 12/15/2023 5:29:14 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: RoosterRedux

It’s akin to killing your own parents then crying because you’re an orphan.


14 posted on 12/15/2023 6:04:27 AM PST by Jarhead9297
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To: cdcdawg

“it’s his fault (James O’Keefe’s) that we are even having this conversation.”

“The fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves”

Said by an old guy, long ago canceled.


15 posted on 12/15/2023 6:23:24 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: PJ-Comix

Tough mammaries.

Go Woke, go broke.


16 posted on 12/15/2023 6:32:15 AM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: larryjohnson
My uncle Larry went from adding machine salesman in the 30s to a Vice President of something.

I started selling adding machines for The Burroughs Corp in the 60s, and sold computer equipment and software systems for multiple companies for over 40 years.

In the early 2000s the company I sold for was bought by IBM and I stayed with them for about a year.

I had to quit because I could not stand the rules and multiple layers of both management and corporate bullshit.

I understood why a corporation with over 300,000 employees had to have layers of lawyers and managers, but I could not adapt to the maze of muddle managers, that were in place to keep the mix churning {almost like a white collar union}.

17 posted on 12/15/2023 6:39:06 AM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: AppyPappy

You’re a good man, James O’Keefe.


18 posted on 12/15/2023 6:55:55 PM PST by arthurus ( covfefe ..,'..)
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To: Liz

With 120 sources in the company one must surmise hat some employee nerves have been struck.


19 posted on 12/15/2023 6:57:36 PM PST by arthurus ( covfefe ..,'/..)
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