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Tell your DEI stories here
Posted on 8/1/24 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 8/1/24 at 12:26 pm
Early in my career, I worked as a Director in a decent sized organization. Our Executive Director was #girlboss, and used the organization's funds on personal expenses and eventually got fired after I left.
Anyway, I had an intern assigned to me by our Executive Director, a DEI hire described to me as the greatest thing ever. It was quickly evident that while she presented herself well, she was not a great worker. Another employee and I always had to correct her (very basic, she was an intern!) work and she was not very intelligent.
She left our internship program and was given a high level position. Our organization liaised with college athletic programs and she was being made point on major clients.
I always cheer for Oklahoma softball because Patty Gasso, the softball coach at OU called her out on her bullshite at a big meeting and made her cry. She was fired shortly after the embezzling Executive Director was and she has spent the last 15 years bouncing between seemingly high level jobs in the industry. She keeps getting fired and hired.
Anyway, I had an intern assigned to me by our Executive Director, a DEI hire described to me as the greatest thing ever. It was quickly evident that while she presented herself well, she was not a great worker. Another employee and I always had to correct her (very basic, she was an intern!) work and she was not very intelligent.
She left our internship program and was given a high level position. Our organization liaised with college athletic programs and she was being made point on major clients.
I always cheer for Oklahoma softball because Patty Gasso, the softball coach at OU called her out on her bullshite at a big meeting and made her cry. She was fired shortly after the embezzling Executive Director was and she has spent the last 15 years bouncing between seemingly high level jobs in the industry. She keeps getting fired and hired.
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 12:30 pm to anc
I work in the music biz and my buddy who is maybe the best live bass player in town got pulled off a big country tour because the label said the band wasn’t diverse - they hired an Asian girl and she was half the musician this guy was.
I also make music for tv and film and we’re were recently asked (after they already loved the music) if our team was diverse or they couldn’t use us. Our team was diverse, but not because of DEI because they happened to be great at their jobs.
I also make music for tv and film and we’re were recently asked (after they already loved the music) if our team was diverse or they couldn’t use us. Our team was diverse, but not because of DEI because they happened to be great at their jobs.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 12:44 pm to anc
I worked with a black dude, we both started and worked in the same branch. We both applied for a position within the government of which I had just spent 2 years doing the very type of thing the job called for, this was both our first professional jobs out of college, so he didn’t have any experience advantage. He was dumber than rocks in certain ways(job related ways). I sent off my application which included a write up. He asked me to proof read his write up. It was something I would expect from someone in high school. It had several grammatical errors, so I pointed them out and gave him some suggestions on how to rewrite a couple of his sentences. Neither of us had an interview, but he got hired. I was completely incredulous. Later found out it was specifically because he was black. This was before DEI, so it was just straight up discrimination, the type of discrimination I hear black peoples bitch about. I manned up and chalked it up to life not being fair, but decided more than ever, I was gonna continue and get a similar job in line with my degree. If you want to overcome a stacked deck, you make yourself more valuable. Life isn’t easy for anyone.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 12:46 pm to anc
My wife busted her tail to get a promotion into a training role. She's great at what she does and has the metrics to back it up. She was competing for the promotion with employees from other branches, all of whom had terrible metrics compared to hers. Since she was asked to apply by several people in the training department and encouraged and recommended by her boss, she felt good about her chances.
A diverse hire was made. Someone with less experience that came from a branch with terrible metrics. The training department was FURIOUS because it was obvious that DEI was the determining factor. They had all attempted to train this person in the past and found her to be incompetent.
One week after the hire was made, the DEI hire's branch manager sent an email to their new boss saying that they did NOT want that person training her employees.
For her part, my wife has taken it well and will continue to be a consummate professional, but her company will suffer and she's decided to not pursue advanced positions in the future. I know I'm biased, but I think they just murdered the aspirations of someone who could potentially make them a much better company.
All in the name of equity.
A diverse hire was made. Someone with less experience that came from a branch with terrible metrics. The training department was FURIOUS because it was obvious that DEI was the determining factor. They had all attempted to train this person in the past and found her to be incompetent.
One week after the hire was made, the DEI hire's branch manager sent an email to their new boss saying that they did NOT want that person training her employees.
For her part, my wife has taken it well and will continue to be a consummate professional, but her company will suffer and she's decided to not pursue advanced positions in the future. I know I'm biased, but I think they just murdered the aspirations of someone who could potentially make them a much better company.
All in the name of equity.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 12:48 pm to Padme
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This was before DEI, so it was just straight up discrimination, the type of discrimination I hear black peoples bitch about. I manned up and chalked it up to life not being fair, but decided more than ever, I was gonna continue and get a similar job in line with my degree. If you want to overcome a stacked deck, you make yourself more valuable. Life isn’t easy for anyone.
Sorry this happened to you but what a great attitude to have. It is something I hope you/we are passing down to the next generation.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 12:50 pm to anc
I know several people who had to apply as "non-binary" to even get considered...large chemical corporation.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 12:52 pm to YouKnowImRight
Worked in a lab in the energy industry and we had a black guy without a degree in any kind of science get promoted to senior chemist over other chemists with advanced degrees.
He had no idea what to do so just stayed in his office with the door closed all day. Eventually somebody in upper management figured out what had happened so he got demoted to lab tech, which he still wasn't qualified for.
I liked the guy and didn't begrudge him for taking the huge pay raise to help out his family but I've never seen somebody so in over their head.
He had no idea what to do so just stayed in his office with the door closed all day. Eventually somebody in upper management figured out what had happened so he got demoted to lab tech, which he still wasn't qualified for.
I liked the guy and didn't begrudge him for taking the huge pay raise to help out his family but I've never seen somebody so in over their head.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 12:56 pm to anc
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Tell your DEI stories here
Im sure like many I have ones I don't know about, especially back when it was called Affirmative Action. I do know a specialist team I was on years ago got DEId by my replacement when I got promoted to lead my own dept. There was a pool of 12-15 people to chose from internally. One was a black guy, that we had worked with and was definitely the lower tier if that pool. And he got promoted up as my former team was all white guys. Was glad I had moved on, as my former team were pissed months later as the guy was definitely coasting it on his previous team, and it was showing. Which we all knew but couldn't get fired but " needs more training"
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:00 pm to anc
I don't have a story, but I feel for young people coming up in this corporate DEI world. You are going to get fricked more often than not when it comes to hiring, and promotions. If you are lucky enough to get on with a good company, bust your arse and make yourself so valuable that its damn near impossible for them to let you go. Because a person can get hired because of DEI, but it doesn't change their work ethic. DEI doesn't mask that. People will notice that.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:02 pm to Kracka
We’ve had some really bad DEI hires / promotions in my office.
One particular one involved a bunch of interviews being held for a job that everyone knew was going to this specific DEI dingbat. At least one of the other interviewees called out the interviewers for holding this farce when they all knew S was getting the job.
They heavily denied that it was a setup, but gave S the job anyway.
One particular one involved a bunch of interviews being held for a job that everyone knew was going to this specific DEI dingbat. At least one of the other interviewees called out the interviewers for holding this farce when they all knew S was getting the job.
They heavily denied that it was a setup, but gave S the job anyway.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:04 pm to Tasseo
Funny thing is that black guys don't realize that the got DEId by Biden when he said he was only picking a black female VP and SCOTUS pick. They are to stuck in their blackness to see that they were told "no black men for VP or scotus" either.
That is how Trump should respond to that question. "Hey black women in the crowd, were you happy when Biden said only black women?" YAY!!" Cheering
"Hey black men in the crowd, were you happy biden said no black men need apply for my vp or scotus"..."YA....wait..."
"Hey black women...happy that your black sons were told they couldnt be vp/scotus for biden??" "Ummm..."
"Welcome to the par-tay...you got DEId"
That is how Trump should respond to that question. "Hey black women in the crowd, were you happy when Biden said only black women?" YAY!!" Cheering
"Hey black men in the crowd, were you happy biden said no black men need apply for my vp or scotus"..."YA....wait..."
"Hey black women...happy that your black sons were told they couldnt be vp/scotus for biden??" "Ummm..."
"Welcome to the par-tay...you got DEId"
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:06 pm to anc
When I was in law school (16-19), there were many firms that collected resumes and did on-campus interviews. Some of these specifically listed diversity-preffered or something like that. Even for those who didn't, it didn't take long to realize how the female and minority students were getting more interviews that white males. My asian buddy even got more than me. He acknowledged this. Neither of us had any super impressive resume, but my GPA was higher.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:09 pm to Jebadeb
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Neither of us had any super impressive resume
I look for this kind of self-awareness when I hire. It is the opposite of the entitled DEI thinking.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:10 pm to anc
The best advertisement for voting democrats are retarded republicans. You retards didn’t know what DEI was a year ago all of a sudden you’re experts. Keep talking about race, keep talking about how POC only get opportunities because of DEI, the democrats thank you for your campaign contributions.
I’m stuck between voting for open borders and the gay agenda vs dumb asses with 0 critical thinking skills and jump on the hottest new bandwagon.
I’m stuck between voting for open borders and the gay agenda vs dumb asses with 0 critical thinking skills and jump on the hottest new bandwagon.
This post was edited on 8/1/24 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:11 pm to RaoulDuke504
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Keep talking about race, keep talking about how POC only get opportunities because of DEI, the democrats thank you for your campaign contributions.
Read my post. I didn't say anything about race. You ASSUMED that the underqualified person was a racial minority. That makes you a racist.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:13 pm to YouKnowImRight
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Read my post. I didn't say anything about race. You ASSUMED that the underqualified person was a racial minority. That makes you a racist.
Trump is winning on immigration, foreign policy, and economy.
Yet we have 20 threads a day about Kamala race and DEI. You people are just fricking dumb and it’s sad. Both sides are two ends of two retards.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:15 pm to Padme
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This was before DEI,
DEI has been around for decades.
It's just affirmative action rebranded.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:17 pm to RaoulDuke504
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Yet we have 20 threads a day about Kamala race and DEI. You people are just fricking dumb and it’s sad. Both sides are two ends of two retards.
Because DEI has impacted our lives, while the open border hasn't at this point. I don't care that Kamala is pro-choice, because I don't know anyone personally who's ever had an abortion. But I DO know people who's careers and dreams were derailed in the name of DEI.
I care about taxes because I pay them. I care about inflation because it hurts me.
Leftist ideology is at the heart of it all, and no where is leftism more prevalent than in the corporate DEI world. If you don't want to fight leftism on this front, that's fine, but you need to understand that somebody has to.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:17 pm to TrueTiger
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DEI has been around for decades. It's just affirmative action rebranded.
this is how dumb you are. DEI isn’t getting a job it’s a brain washing on inclusiveness. Fun fact jobs hate hiring those weirdos they cause too many problems.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 1:18 pm to YouKnowImRight
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Because DEI has impacted our lives, while the open border hasn't at this point. I don't care that Kamala is pro-choice, because I don't know anyone personally who's ever had an abortion. But I DO know people whose careers and dreams were derailed in the name of DEI. I care about taxes because I pay them. I care about inflation because it hurts me. Leftist ideology is at the heart of it all, and no where is leftism more prevalent than in the corporate DEI world. If you don't want to fight leftism on this front, that's fine, but you need to understand that somebody has to.
What race?
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