Boycott Chick fil a? (1 Viewer)

[Consigliere]

Ah, the irony. They do not boycott CFA because of its tortuous treatment of chickens before slaughtering them. And not because CFA makes Americans fat by deep-frying that chicken and serving it on white bread. It's because CFA is not discriminatory enough. CFA should be Christian without being Inclusive; the two are obviously incompatible.

It recalls the line from Life of Bryan: "what Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is that it is the meek that are the problem."

Anyway, Raising Cane's is much better.

 

[jboss]

*snaps out of a three day culture war induced fugue state*

More like Chick-fil-gAy

 

[CoolBrees]

At what point do these "marginalized groups of people" get feed up and speak out against all these mega-companies invoking them in the name of "all publicity is good publicity"? This stuff makes my head hurt... I mean... What's the point? Do the overwhelming masses of investors and customers really care that much about DEI scores for companies that provide Chicken and Beer? Am I the only person that finds this all hilariously dumb?

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

 

[SaintInBucLand]

I don't care one way or the other. Food from places like that will slowly kill you anyway.

 

[TheRealJRad]

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

I actually had not even heard of DEI until folks started kvetching about it, so appreciate the insight.

 

[Infoman]

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

Oh look another backhanded witty quip by someone who didn't understand or care to understand what I posted.... Yeah, I can see you are pretty wound up about this subject... I never said DEI was some bad thing or really give an opinion about it either way... I do think it serves a valuable propose for employees/work environments... But that's not at all what I said, or was getting at... My point was about the hilarious absurdity of these mega corps making very public stands one way or the other to get publicity. I've been in leaderships roles... I prefer engineering where I am now, because tech is predictable... and people are emotional, knee-jerk reactive, beasts of regurgitation, habit, and they feel the unrelenting need for acceptance into a group-think tribes... The fact that you took what I posted as "I don't care about DEI"... says more about you than it does me... My point was clearly about the public image usage of DEI and it's impact to a companies bottom line as it relates to it's perceived public image score... And when do the people and groups being used for this... Get feed up with it? But it's all good... keep chopping wood I guess.

 

[Madmarsha]

I actually had not even heard of DEI until folks started kvetching about it, so appreciate the insight.

I don't even watch racing much but to me it's Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

Beam me up...I'm about done with earth

 

[Sailorsaint]

Beam me up...I'm about done with earth

Oh, so you're just gonna leave the rest of us here to burn?!

 

[CoolBrees]

Oh look another backhanded witty quip by someone who didn't understand or care to understand what I posted.... Yeah, I can see you are pretty wound up about this subject... I never said DEI was some bad thing or really give an opinion about it either way... I do think it serves a valuable propose for employees/work environments... But that's not at all what I said, or was getting at... My point was about the hilarious absurdity of these mega corps making very public stands one way or the other to get publicity. I've been in leaderships roles... I prefer engineering where I am now, because tech is predictable... and people are emotional, knee-jerk reactive, beasts of regurgitation, habit, and they feel the unrelenting need for acceptance into a group-think tribes... The fact that you took what I posted as "I don't care about DEI"... says more about you than it does me... My point was clearly about the public image usage of DEI and it's impact to a companies bottom line as it relates to it's perceived public image score... but it's all good... keep chopping wood I guess.

So explain to me how CFA is using DEI for their public image.

A dude posted they had a DEI officer. Said they should be boycotted as woke.

They have had this position for 3 years. This dude has been in that position for two of them. They made no announcement. In fact I am sure they would have rather the individual would have kept his ignorant mouth shut.

Anyway, please explain how that is CFA’s fault.

And as for where I got the idea you thought it was dumb. I took it straight from you-

“What's the point? Do the overwhelming masses of investors and customers really care that much about DEI scores for companies that provide Chicken and Beer? Am I the only person that finds this all hilariously dumb?” — Infoman

I don’t even know what chopping wood has to do with anything.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

Oh, so you're just gonna leave the rest of us here to burn?!

You'll never believe what I had to do to get that transponder in the first place...they claimed it was the last one...but I think they just say that to everyone to get us to do "stuff"

 

[DaveXA]

Ah, the irony. They do not boycott CFA because of its tortuous treatment of chickens before slaughtering them. And not because CFA makes Americans fat by deep-frying that chicken and serving it on white bread. It's because CFA is not discriminatory enough. CFA should be Christian without being Inclusive; the two are obviously incompatible.

It recalls the line from Life of Bryan: "what Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is that it is the meek that are the problem."

Anyway, Raising Cane's is much better.

My only issue with Cane's is the closest one is 40 minutes away. Meh.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

I don't care one way or the other. Food from places like that will slowly kill you anyway.

we gotta die of someting... if you ae the type to micromanage every single thing you eat, if feel sorry for those.. Plus i don't think i've ever seen a healthy looking Vegan (not talking about the fad ones who just do it whenever they feel like it).

 

[Infoman]

So explain to me how CFA is using DEI for their public image.

A dude posted they had a DEI officer. Said they should be boycotted as woke.

They have had this position for 3 years. This dude has been in that position for two of them. They made no announcement. In fact I am sure they would have rather the individual would have kept his ignorant mouth shut.

Anyway, please explain how that is CFA’s fault.

And as for where I got the idea you thought it was dumb. I took it straight from you-

“What's the point? Do the overwhelming masses of investors and customers really care that much about DEI scores for companies that provide Chicken and Beer? Am I the only person that finds this all hilariously dumb?” — Infoman

I don’t even know what chopping wood has to do with anything.

I never said it was anyone's fault... I posed a question about Corps making these things public to attract attention / publicity. I have worked for many large Corps that have DEI programs implemented... They don't publicize additions or changes... They don't start marketing campaigns based on them.... My point was to ask - Do the overwhelming masses of investors and customers really care that much about DEI scores for companies that provide Chicken and Beer Cheap bathing suits? Or are they just taking advantage of a marginalized group of people with a visible hot button issue on the table to drum up controversy and attention? If it's the latter... and I think it is... I find it hilariously dumb that people fall for it and boycott. The wood you are chopping is the log of this specific instance... while I am talking about the overall forrest.