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A comment on Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs. Parent comment

Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by glitchc on Friday January 10, 2025 @02:27PM (#42659126)
I think that's the point. DEI is performative. A business cannot survive unless it hires the best person for the job.
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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by purplethinking on Friday January 10, 2025 @03:40PM (#42659928)
A few small holes will not sink the aircraft carrier, but eventually there will be enough holes. See Disney.
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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by pc86 on Friday January 10, 2025 @03:10PM (#42659585)
Regardless of the first points you make, companies objectively do not need to hire the best person for the job. Lots of companies need programmers. 99% of them do not need world class software engineers.

There are plenty of jobs where "can type JS into a computer for 30 hours a week and go to a couple meetings" is plenty to keep the business moving forward.

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