It’s good ol’ boy and gal networks not DEI

I keep seeing these comments blaming being laid off and the sorry state of the company on DEI. That wasn’t the case in my experience. In my case there were good ol’ boy networks that took care of their own. You didn’t need to be white or to be a man to be part of the network but it helped. Some individuals were so good at playing this game that they were part of more than one network. They managed to be part of whatever network was ascendant.

Diversity and inclusion was just pretend where I was. Almost everything was just pretend. It would be comical like a parody if it weren’t for the consequences.

With nearly 100,000 employees in many locations, it’s possible that others had a different experience than mine.

#Culture #DEI #Diversity #EmployeeRelations #Layoffs

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@a2 And white females.

You cannot fix past bigotry with more bigotry now. All you end up doing is adding more to the pile.
DEI is that evil disguised as compassion. The most insidious part is that the weak minded buy the lies and follow the marching orders.
The good part is that these dupes gladly broadcast who they are so we know who the enemy is.

@a2 “ All of the people laid off here, were white males.”

Read the sappy announcements on LinkedIn and you’ll see that the statement above is false. You know, the ones that go something like “I’m grateful for the X wonderful years at Verizon and for all the friends I made along the way. I’m excited to announce that I’m exploring new career paths because my position was eliminated in a recent reorg “

All of the people laid off here, were white males.

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It’s good ol’ boy and gal networks not DEI

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