Mastodawn

Chris Trottier Jul 17, 2024

Microsoft just fired its DEI team.

What’s amazing is this quote from one of their team leads:

True systems-change work associated with DEI programs everywhere are no longer business critical or smart as they were in 2020.

Basically, this was all just performative.

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/report-microsoft-shuts-down-dei-team-ex-lead-claims-similar-programs-at-risk

Report: Microsoft shuts down DEI team, ex-lead claims similar programs at risk

Diversity and inclusion initiatives could be facing the axe with large-scale conservative policy potentially on the horizon.

Lyle Solla-Yates

@atomicpoet “In 2020, Microsoft pledged to double the number of Black leaders within the company by 2025. The company's progress on this pledge is also unclear.”