Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs

Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by Animats on Saturday January 11, 2025 @04:14AM (#42664506)

This is the actual test to get into firefighter training in California.[1] This is just to get into training. Graduating is tougher.

Eight test events in 10 minutes 20 seconds. All events must be passed. No breaks. Candidates wear 50 pounds of weight through the whole test. Plus an additional 25 pounds for the stair climb. The events are all firefighting-related.

Here's a woman firefighter passing this test.[2] With two minutes to spare.

LA City Fire is about 3% female.[3]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh3EoE1yJnQ

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0sUjZ8Abuc

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiUAWBuIWDE

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by skellington on Sunday January 12, 2025 @09:15PM (#42679332)

Those tests are a joke. They've lowered the standards to capture the minimum physical requirements to do the most basic of firefighting tasks.

And 10 minutes, how about they test them for 8 hours of that kind of work?

Who is going to last a whole shift or 36 straight hours of fighting Palisades fires?

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