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The intended impact of hiring a CxO is a press release about how important 'x' is and how great they are for recognizing that, whatever fashionable new thing 'x
by corty 6y ago
The intended impact of hiring a CxO is a press release about how important 'x' is and how great they are for recognizing that, whatever fashionable new thing 'x' might be. Anything more is bonus.
- LegitShady 6y agoI think that's only true if you don't understand the development of power blocks between groups of people. Empowering someone to define policy regarding hiring gives them a lot of leverage over other people and groups, and it builds power blocks as members of each subclass of identity politics wants access to that power. The press release is the least impactful long term consequence of the decision.
- tomatotomato37 6y agoThat's only true if the position is actually empowered. Titles are cheap, the Chief of Diversity may just be a PR rep in the same way that janitor is a "President of Custodial Duties."
- bluGill 6y agoThat isn't completely true. Titles sometimes have legal implications. If a company is sued the testimony of "just and employee" has a different value from the Chief Diversity Officer. Even a low level HR employee (is someone who should have done something about the situation that brought this to court) might be able to sneak by on company policy not allowing the right action. However the Chief Diversity officer will take the fall. This taking the fall might or might not be enough to protect the CEO (who also should have done something)