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The only valid form of DEI is socio-economic - colour, gender and ethnicity blind. If someone grew up poor in a bad area (whether projects in NY or a trailer p
by gadders 2y ago
The only valid form of DEI is socio-economic - colour, gender and ethnicity blind.
If someone grew up poor in a bad area (whether projects in NY or a trailer park in Appalachia) and got sent to a shit school, they should get extra credit for that.
- beej71 2y agoI've been through DEI training at two different jobs. In both jobs, the trainings were about learning to ignore any biases one might have in order to hire the most qualified candidate, FWIW.
- abracadaniel 2y agoThe fact that those blind seems like precisely the reason they should be included. The public is diverse and has diverse needs. A monoculture of staff will fail to see the those needs and only meet a subset. Maximizing success requires finding those blind spots in your business, which requires diverse staff. In short, poor is not a culture by itself.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y ago> Maximizing success requires finding those blind spots in your business, which requires diverse staff. Is this really true? That’s what customer research is for. Otherwise, what you’re saying is no one has the ability to see anything other than their own experience. Which is clearly not true.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoI presume the rationale for Costco's DEI hiring is to attract diverse customers. Invisibly diverse staff does not help attract diverse customers.
- gadders 2y agoIf you optimise for people from a lower socio-economic background, you get a broad mix of other demographics.
- orev 2y agoWouldn’t “invisible” back office people in product strategy and sourcing be able to identify more products that appeal to a diverse set of customers? If you think DEI is only about having multiple colors of people in marketing stock photos or as customer service staff, you’re way, way off.