Posted on 07/17/2024 12:49:21 PM PDT by Twotone
Microsoft sparked internal revolt after it fired its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) team, leading the program's leader to slam the company's 'changing business needs.'
The tech giant's move was exposed in an email obtained by Business Insider, which appears to show the DEI internal team leader criticizing the fact diversity was 'no longer business critical.'
Microsoft joins a number of tech companies in walking back DEI commitments that were made in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, including Google, Meta and Zoom.
It is unclear how many employees were laid off, and Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment when contacted by DailyMail.com.
In a statement to Business Insider, Microsoft insisted that its 'D&I commitments remain unchanged.'
But according to the reported email leak, the former DEI team leader felt the company had quietly given up on the DEI initiatives it pushed during the BLM protests.
This included spending $150 million on DEI programs, and mandating training on racial allyship and privilege for all non-Black employees.
CEO Satya Nadella previously insisted such moves would not be a 'one-time event.'
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They got paid well for four years. They’re likely to be “fired” under a WARN, so 60 more days of pay to find another job? Helluva lot better than what many Americans had to suffer through during that time.
DEI = Inept & Tokens
Must be a tax brake deal for pro stupidity?.
DIE was never critical to the success of any business.
This will NOT impact HR’s “hire more women” directive in any way.
Alphabet queers and melanin minorities will be affected.
The C-level leadership are now majority women.
They aren’t giving up on that glass ceiling.
They can bring home the bacon.
Fry it up in a pan
And, never ever let you forget you got no nuts.
IDE = Integrated Developer Environment, since this article is about Micro$oft.
DOH! More brilliance at MS. FIDIOTS!
Oops, I meant “use an IDE”, not sue one. LOL
Microsoft has chosen merit — and tech that works well — over DEI.
DEI was always cynical corporate window dressing. The expensive DEI staff are useless overhead. Any DEI policies actually implemented discriminates against whites and opens the corporation to law suits.
diversity ideals were ‘no longer business-critical’
Ppsssttt.... They never were.
Sounds like some woman’s ox got gored.
But they may have to flee Washingto State as a result.
Intel does this all the time but two weeks before, closes all the reqs.
These people are gone..as they should be.
Betcha they’ll just call the same group something else and promote from within...
DEI stands for’ Worst Idea Ever.
Make sense? Letters don’t fit, but the definition does.
Woke was built on wobbly axles to begin. It’s only a matter of time before their numbers go negative.
DEI = Hire more incompetent Blacks, trannys, and feckless girlboss women.
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