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DEI Jobs being slashed: The Wokecession has arrived
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2023 Dec 31, 11:41pm 1,270 views 41 comments
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2024 Dec 30, 2:52pm
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2024 Dec 30, 2:52pm
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Never seen a black pilot on any of my flights with SW. Ever. Or female. I generally chat it up with them and the wife saves my seat. Sometimes they'll let the kids sit in the cockpit.
Flight attendants. Never see Asians, sometimes black and only Mexicans flying to countries where they speak Spanish which makes sense. They may have a DEI agenda, but it surely wasn't enforced at all. It's all white male pilots and perky or older aged white females. There are some gay men I suppose. 100+ flights. Has to be the baggage handlers and gate attendants, hence why they probably lost my snowboard on one flight. On the plane though no DEI with SW.
I like travel. I know flying is safe. But if I feel someone is incompetent I ain't getting on that tube. I'm sure I'm annoying when pilots are getting ready for a flight, but I don't care. The other thing is Southwest is 737 only. I know the mechanics know what they're doing. The pilots know what they're doing. It just feels safer.
I'm basically a flawless driver. I hate renting cars. Airlines like United, American and Delta scare me. They jump in a different car that they were certified in but may have not flow in a year. A SW pilot is jumping into a different model year of a Chevy Suburban. Minor changes, but you figure it out quickly.
In the latest blow to the DEI agenda, Southwest Airlines has reportedly agreed to ground and cancel its DEI employment practices following a federal civil rights complaint by America First Legal (AFL).
Never seen a black pilot on any of my flights with SW. Ever. Or female. I generally chat it up with them and the wife saves my seat. Sometimes they'll let the kids sit in the cockpit.
Flight attendants. Never see Asians, sometimes black and only Mexicans flying to countries where they speak Spanish which makes sense. They may have a DEI agenda, but it surely wasn't enforced at all. It's all white male pilots and perky or older aged white females. There are some gay men I suppose. 100+ flights. Has to be the baggage handlers and gate attendants, hence why they probably lost my snowboard on one flight. On the plane though no DEI with SW.
I like travel. I know flying is safe. But if I feel someone is incompetent I ain't getting on that tube. I'm sure I'm annoying when pilots are getting ready for a flight, but I don't care. The other thing is Southwest is 737 only. I know the mechanics know what they're doing. The pilots know what they're doing. It just feels safer.
I'm basically a flawless driver. I hate renting cars. Airlines like United, American and Delta scare me. They jump in a different car that they were certified in but may have not flow in a year. A SW pilot is jumping into a different model year of a Chevy Suburban. Minor changes, but you figure it out quickly.
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According to data provided by job site Indeed, cited by CNBC, DEI-related job postings in 2023 have declined 44%.
In November 2023, the last full month for which data was available, DEI job postings dropped 23% year over year.
Layoffs at Google and Meta also included employees who held leadership roles in Black employee resource groups (ERGs), CNBC said.
Devika Brij, CEO of Brij the Gap Consulting, which works with tech companies’ DEI efforts, told CNBC that some companies have cut nearly 90% of their DEI budget by midyear 2023.
“When George Floyd began to become the topic of conversations, companies and executives doubled down on their commitments and here we are only a couple years later, and folks are looking for opportunities to cut those teams,” Brij said.
Melinda Briana Epler, the founder and CEO of Empovia, said that the cuts in DEI in 2023 were “stark” compared to previous years.
“Whenever there is an economic downturn in tech, some of the first budgets that are cut are in DEI, but I don’t think we’ve seen such stark contrast as this year,” Epler told CNBC.
The layoffs come just three years following the boom in DEI initiatives that came during the Black Lives Matter protests and riots.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/tech/google-meta-other-tech-giants-slash-dei-related-jobs-resource-groups-in-2023-report/