Tell me you aren’t in Leadership without telling me you aren’t in Leadership
There isn’t DEI in companies for PR or customers that’s absurd.
It’s for the employees.
You see, every now and again most people in Leadership want to know what their people think of how they are doing. Say, when there is a massive labor shortage for example. They ask their people. Through anonymous surveys. People think Leadership doesn’t care what they say and those surveys are BS. They aren’t and They do. Very much. Just for different reasons than you think.
Job satisfaction is the #1 motivator of productivity. Not money, not autonomy not location. How much they like walking in the door each day and feel included are overwhelmingly what people care about. I digress.
so guess what those surveys kept telling companies? Especially ones that have higher percentages for minority communities? You guessed! That they hate their job, and Leadership is out of step with those that work there. Completely and utterly.
So despite their relentless efforts to try anything else for the last 40 years; they finally caved due to lack of workers and hired (in this case) one dude. “Progressive” companies(there are none in reality) have been doing this for 20 years. To make more money.
So no, you aren’t the only one who thinks it’s dumb I am sure. But that doesn’t make any of you correct
There are millions of people that care greatly about these things. Enough to make C Suites care. I would say your opinion of DEI says a great deal about you too