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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

It's a bummer you're getting downvoted so heavily, there should be room for nuance here. I really don't think the DEI seminars (in particular! Not talking DEI initiatives in general) have much of an impact, if anything they probably do more harm than good. Everyone that already agrees gets nothing but wasted time, and those that seriously disagree are not going to change from an effort like this, and how many are truly on the fence by now and just need things explained clearly and then they won't be an asshole?

These seminars are literal HR checklists so the legal department can say they "have a robust DEI program, just look at all these trainings" - if they get sued. That's it, it's the most cynical empty "effort" ever.

Companies that actually give a shit are run by people who actually give a shit. In my experience, people who actually give a shit explicitly do not rely on impersonal shotgun blast seminars to try to create a safe healthy workplace. The seminars exist to grant plausible deniability to the terminally self-centered.

Edit: spelling

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Yes and no. He’s getting downvoted for a lack of nuance. And a lot of comments about ‘parasites’ and other stuff.

DEI seminars can be weird for sure. it’s like someone said above, its a good idea but was turned into a tickbox, which, is what corporations do. That doesn’t mean get rid of it, that means improve it. That, in turn, means invest in it. That’s where the company usually gets off the bus. Because the company are usually a bunch of heteronormative white people who can’t see the value in it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

people who actually give a shit explicitly do not rely on impersonal shotgun blast seminars to try to create a safe healthy workplace

exactly