Most DEI work I've seen at my company was in reducing HR complaints from women, LGBT and different ethnic groups. When it comes to hiring, it was in showing up at recruiting events and other areas to encourage people to apply.
I've done interviews and I think they're more fair/merit-based than other places. I view it as a positive. Also barely any minority applicants.
A lot of DEI was to counterract really annoying people on one side who were very racist, homophobic, sexist, etc. and ruin the environment or opportunities for people. I think this is just the pendulum swinging the other direction where some people are very vocal or unfair in dealing with men, white people, republican, etc. and/or creating an unproductive work environment getting mired in politics.
Also recession creates more economic pressure for results, but I honestly think DEI has barely had an impact in most companies and most revenue loss is hiring consultats or bad hires.
And at two of the three companies I've worked at, diversity initiatives came in the form of explicit discrimination. Both instituted explicit percentage quotas, and at Dropbox we straight up reserved a segment of our headcount for women and URM candidates. Ostensibly, these quotas were for both URM of any gender, and women of any race. In practice, nearly 100% of people benefitting from these policies were non-URM women.
So at least in my experience, DEI == affirmative action for white and Asian women.
Most DEI work I've seen at my company was in reducing HR complaints from women, LGBT and different ethnic groups. When it comes to hiring, it was in showing up at recruiting events and other areas to encourage people to apply.
I've done interviews and I think they're more fair/merit-based than other places. I view it as a positive. Also barely any minority applicants.
A lot of DEI was to counterract really annoying people on one side who were very racist, homophobic, sexist, etc. and ruin the environment or opportunities for people. I think this is just the pendulum swinging the other direction where some people are very vocal or unfair in dealing with men, white people, republican, etc. and/or creating an unproductive work environment getting mired in politics.
Also recession creates more economic pressure for results, but I honestly think DEI has barely had an impact in most companies and most revenue loss is hiring consultats or bad hires.