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I agree and also find it a bit strange that some people seem to forget that the place they work at for the most part is not there to help them push some social

I agree and also find it a bit strange that some people seem to forget that the place they work at for the most part is not there to help them push some social agenda. They are quite literally just there by and large to print money for investors and stakeholders.

NickC25 1y ago
It's partially due IMO to people wanting "more" from corporations, which I don't really understand. It's a corporation. It exists to make money for shareholders, and DEI is, at best, marketing. If it has a noticeable positive impact on making money, great. If it doesn't, why are folks so indignant when a corporation says "we're here to make money"? I don't want companies in my stock portfolio spending tons of money without return to placate a few people who really don't generate a congruent amount of money for the corporation. If you work at a corporation that ditched DEI and are indignant, put your money where your mouth is and just fucking donate to causes that really address societal inequality. Or, work at a company that will match any donation you make to a registered 501c3 charity. I have a buddy that works at Goldman Sachs and know for a fact that any time he makes a donation under a certain $$ limit, Goldman matches it dollar-for-dollar. He's donated to a lot of great charities and Goldman has been all too happy to follow his donation. Doctors without Borders, Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, no-kill animal rescue shelters, soup kitchens, etc - all great causes. I spent a few months in early 2022 working at a company that had recently hired a DEI team. That team told me my team needed more diversity...which was odd, because my team consisted of me (a WASP, albeit one on the ADHD/Autism spectrum), a young jewish dude from the midwest fresh out of college, a mid-30s jewish guy, an older gay Bahamian guy, 2 hispanic females, a hispanic male, an Egyptian muslim guy and an older gentleman from Boston who was of Irish descent. What were we missing?
- southernplaces7 1y ago
  >What were we missing? What, no Congolese lepers and Tibetan monks? Terrible diversity failure.

NickC25 1y ago

It's partially due IMO to people wanting "more" from corporations, which I don't really understand. It's a corporation. It exists to make money for shareholders, and DEI is, at best, marketing. If it has a noticeable positive impact on making money, great. If it doesn't, why are folks so indignant when a corporation says "we're here to make money"? I don't want companies in my stock portfolio spending tons of money without return to placate a few people who really don't generate a congruent amount of money for the corporation. If you work at a corporation that ditched DEI and are indignant, put your money where your mouth is and just fucking donate to causes that really address societal inequality. Or, work at a company that will match any donation you make to a registered 501c3 charity. I have a buddy that works at Goldman Sachs and know for a fact that any time he makes a donation under a certain $$ limit, Goldman matches it dollar-for-dollar. He's donated to a lot of great charities and Goldman has been all too happy to follow his donation. Doctors without Borders, Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, no-kill animal rescue shelters, soup kitchens, etc - all great causes. I spent a few months in early 2022 working at a company that had recently hired a DEI team. That team told me my team needed more diversity...which was odd, because my team consisted of me (a WASP, albeit one on the ADHD/Autism spectrum), a young jewish dude from the midwest fresh out of college, a mid-30s jewish guy, an older gay Bahamian guy, 2 hispanic females, a hispanic male, an Egyptian muslim guy and an older gentleman from Boston who was of Irish descent. What were we missing?

southernplaces7 1y ago
>What were we missing? What, no Congolese lepers and Tibetan monks? Terrible diversity failure.