mekka okereke 

"our commitment to an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary."

Diverse employees and suppliers have fostered

"creativity and innovation in the merchandise and services that we offer,"

- Costco Board.

98% of Costco shareholders agreed with the board.👍🏿

Segregationists denied.

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/23/costco-dei-shareholders-reject-anti-diversity-proposal

Segregationists are going to test each and every one of you, to see where your heart is at.

If they haven't tested you already, they will test you soon.

Do you know what you are going to say?

Costco shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI measure

More than 98% of Costco shareholders voted down an anti-DEI proposal Thursday at the company's annual shareholders meeting.

Axios
Jan 23, 2025 at 11:23pmWeb
Show threadWill (old/moving to beige)Jan 23, 2025

@mekkaokereke Costco has jumped in my estimation.

#Resist

Show threadklausfiend has movedJan 23, 2025
@wilpercy @mekkaokereke Nothing to do with today's vote but Costco is a better company than a lot of folks realize. Living wages, good benefits, equity, etc are all very normal for employees; Sam's Club by comparison pays starvation wages and treats its employees like dirt.
Show threadWill (old/moving to beige)Jan 23, 2025
@klausfiend @mekkaokereke I had no idea. Thanks. The freezer part of our fridge is still too small to avail ourselves of their generously sized products. Still, their heart is in the right place. Bravo!
Show threadSamhain NightJan 24, 2025
@wilpercy @klausfiend @mekkaokereke Costco has a medium sized box freezer for sale that's about $200. It would probably pay for itself within a year (the fresh ground hamburger is $4.95/lb...)
Show threadWill (old/moving to beige)Jan 24, 2025
@samhainnight @klausfiend @mekkaokereke thanks, but space is a premium for us.
Show threadArtemisJan 24, 2025
@klausfiend @wilpercy @mekkaokereke oh yeah. Everyone knows that if you're looking for a good job that's not necessarily a vocation, Costco is the best place to go. Which is why it's so hard to get hired there
Show threadWill (old/moving to beige)Jan 24, 2025
@Artemis201 @klausfiend @mekkaokereke I didn’t know that. Live'nLearn.
Show threadSamhain NightJan 24, 2025
@Artemis201 @klausfiend @wilpercy @mekkaokereke They also promote from within
Show threadLes OrchardJan 23, 2025
@mekkaokereke time to increase my holdings of rotisserie chicken and hot dogs
Show threadhuertanixJan 23, 2025
@mekkaokereke 🌭🫡
Show threadMatti JärvinenJan 23, 2025

@mekkaokereke did you catch the "rat on your co worker or suffer" - scheme Trump administration is pushing?

I get that they have to push out those mails since it's an executive order but seriously wtf. I would've resigned before I'd push this shit out with my name on it 👀 #NASA

#Trump 💩

Show threadJohn Francis 🇨🇦🦫🍁💪⬆️Jan 23, 2025
@mekkaokereke that's very good. Let's see if they can settle a deal with their unions before a Feb 1 strike. I hope they will.
Show threadfogelnetJan 24, 2025

@mekkaokereke

I cancelled Amazon Prime and immediately joined Costco

Show threadrun_atalanta 😷💯Jan 24, 2025

@mekkaokereke I've been preparing my retort for years.

If someone wants to call me out as a (fill in blank)-lover, I'm ready with "You say that like it's a bad thing."

It's like asking the dude in the meeting making *-ist jokes to explain it to me why it's funny.

Sadly, it's not gonna work if the cowards are driving around in their pickumup trucklettes shouting out the windows.

Show threadSmashy ³Jan 24, 2025
@mekkaokereke I thought the vote wasn't going to be for a couple of days! Thanks for sharing this awesome news!!
Show threadSteven LiptonJan 24, 2025
@mekkaokereke less Amazon, more Costco. Unfortunately on an island as much in the middle of nowhere as one can get, eliminating Amazon completely is not viable. I still know where I'd rather spend my money.
Show threadDweniusJan 24, 2025

@mekkaokereke I have already drafted a “you realize you are showing weaker moral resolve than JAMIE FUCKING DIMON” letter, to be sent as soon as I sense any wavering on [my company’s] DEI commitments.

I don’t expect to need it, [my company] has been very good on diversity, best I’ve ever experienced in my career in fact.

But I am prepared.

Show threadDale HagglundJan 24, 2025
@dwenius @mekkaokereke "Be better than Jamie Dimon." My god what a low bar. But apparently still too high for many.
Show threadChina.Gamer.Guy 神州电玩游士Jan 25, 2025
@mekkaokereke
You might enjoy "The Myth of Shareholder Value," maybe even finding some good strategies.
@WTL