I suspect from what I've seen in my own company that it's so wide spread it can't be stopped.
I don't know the full story. I work for a very large corporation you've definitely heard of. I know there are several DEI "scores" that are touted in advertising but I don't know if those scores open up the company to special funding or tax credits. They can't just be for advertising purposes. This same company spent millions if not a billion attaining ISO 14001 certification (Environmental) over a period of years only to never mention it again. I suspect that was money well spent but I don't understand how or why. My building has about 14 entry level managers. Two are white. One is white, straight, and male. Nine are hispanic. Many LGTBQ in many different levels of management. Current hourly hiring used to come from submitted resumes but now come exclusively from a temp agency. People who are too lazy to search for their own job. Mainly hispanic. While there is talent from several of the hispanic and/or minority managers, it doesn't appear that HR knows about it nor are they encouraged to excel. I already see overall quality in our product going down and expect that drop to speed up and frankly, I'm horrified. Many of my family and friends use our product. I was insanely proud of the job I did and the product we produced at one time. The current saying around the building is that it's not the same company we hired in under. We got too big too fast. We went public and started trying to be the biggest instead of making the best product we could even better.
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I know without a shadow of a doubt how widespread it is and how powerful the movement is. I have no interest in spending the time and effort fighting the good fight. I don't see any payoff nor do I see it doing any good. If you figure out a way to make some headway, spread the word.
