Microsoft fire its entire DEI team

[AdahnGorion]

As the title said. Microsoft have fired their entire DEI team (Diversity, equity, and inclusion)
Microsoft is announcing that it is changing business needs.

Its important to note that BlackRock and Vanguard are the biggest investors in Microsoft and that ie. BlackRock just recently said they wanted to move away from EGS focuses and instead "broaden" their investment policy. This could have had an impact on Microsofts new direction

What do you think about this? Do you think its a good direction? Do you think this will effect many things (including gaming) remember Microsoft have a Xbox division that comprise of many game publishers/studios, such as but not limited to A/B and ZeniMax.

In my opinion, its a logical shift, as many of the DEI implementations have skewed hiring practices, with some degree of even discrimination and that is the polar opposite of what it was supposed to do in the first place.

Many consumers have also rejected many products and companies that follow DEI protocols and as we know they can´t live without the consumers! Don´t get me wrong btw! I personally support diversity and social progression in workplaces, but I am extremely biased towards having merit surpass everything and a focus on people being equal, without boxing them in various labels.

At an end here. Please be respectful to everybody and their views and remember we are all biased towards various views. Its vital that we focus on debate and what could change or come instead, rather than focus on division and attacking..

Have a wonderful day all.

Source
https://nypost.com/2024/07/17/business/microsoft-fires-dei-team-becoming-latest-company-to-ditch-woke-policy-report/

[metamec]

Origineel geplaatst door AdahnGorion:

As said earlier. most well educated HR employee´s (I reckon in the US its a master degree or well maybe even only bachelor, here most would have a candidate) would already cover the area that people call DEI.

But I assume that when all the focus is on the DEI, then you also lose track of many other important aspects of HR. I also assume that some of the people that have low degree (diploma or bachelor) centered around DEI stuff (the US have that right? we don´t or rather we have it structured within some educations where you can take it as a course) they might not be renewed.

But overall.. its just everybody leaving the DEI terminology.. BlackRock said they think the term had become to political polarized and they did not want anything to do with that.

Personally I still think this will end up changing various things, such as hiring practices and so forth. Its been really odd the way the US have handled things lately.

Sure, all HR graduates will have some grounding in eliminating demographic bias from the recruitment process, but many will go onto specialise in different disciplines, including DEI. The very fact you've got a team within HR focusing on DEI implies that all the focus is *not* actually on DEI. Rather, you've got this tiny department within a large department providing checks and balances, trying to ensure recruitment does not become skewed or problematic.

[AdahnGorion]

Origineel geplaatst door metamec:

Origineel geplaatst door AdahnGorion:

As said earlier. most well educated HR employee´s (I reckon in the US its a master degree or well maybe even only bachelor, here most would have a candidate) would already cover the area that people call DEI.

But I assume that when all the focus is on the DEI, then you also lose track of many other important aspects of HR. I also assume that some of the people that have low degree (diploma or bachelor) centered around DEI stuff (the US have that right? we don´t or rather we have it structured within some educations where you can take it as a course) they might not be renewed.

But overall.. its just everybody leaving the DEI terminology.. BlackRock said they think the term had become to political polarized and they did not want anything to do with that.

Personally I still think this will end up changing various things, such as hiring practices and so forth. Its been really odd the way the US have handled things lately.

Sure, all HR graduates will have some grounding in eliminating demographic bias from the recruitment process, but many will go onto specialise in different disciplines, including DEI. The very fact you've got a team within HR focusing on DEI implies that all the focus is *not* actually on DEI. Rather, you've got this tiny department within a large department providing checks and balances, trying to ensure recruitment does not become skewed or problematic.

To some degree. But with the old EGS scoring, many of the big companies and conglomerates, had DEI divisions, mainly to showcase "look we do this or that" with ticks that counted on the DEI chart.. again BP has a high DEI score....

I don´t know anyone that work in HR, whom have a DEI focused education here (it does not really exist) then again, we are not comparable to the US I guess.
We do have lots of natural divisity and inclusion in hiring practices, but merit is what counts the most no matter what.. HR is there to push other things.

Anyway. I think much of the DEI box ticking have led to the opposite of skewed and problematic initiatives and infact have been polar opposite... This is why they are alinating themselves for the terminology.. does that mean they wont have focus on ie. a diverse work place? or inclusion.. no.. that is something that have been here for ages..

[AdahnGorion]

Origineel geplaatst door Saturnalia:

Are we likely to see the effects of this in the games Microsoft publishes?

That depends on many things.
But it potentially could.

[Blunt Raps]

The foreign spies not taking this laying down 😬

[aqua493xd]

Good

[Monnsteri]

I'm glad there's finally some pushback.

[Silverlight]

It will be replaced by bridge.
https://wearebridge.com/

DEI officers know the community is on to them. But grifts are fluid and can be refit to purpose.
DEI will rise again as Bridge. Just wait.

[Kamiyama]

This is racist. Liberals should be outraged. Blackrock and Microsoft can't fire their DEI teams or stop focusing on ESG. That's racist. Are democrats going to just stand idly by and watch as Blackrock and Microsoft adopt such racist and discriminatory policies?

This is grounds for a lawsuit, I think. Everyone in Microsoft's DEI team should sue. They would definitely get millions. This is as racist as a company can be.

As a conservative I applaud Microsoft for choosing to be more racist. I hope they fire all their minorities. All companies should. And then deport them. Send them all to Liberia. That's why the United States created it.

[AdahnGorion]

Origineel geplaatst door aqua493xd:

Good

Why do you think its good?

[Monnsteri]

Origineel geplaatst door AdahnGorion:

Origineel geplaatst door aqua493xd:

Good

Why do you think its good?

Because DEI is favoritism.

[AdahnGorion]

Origineel geplaatst door Silverlight:

It will be replaced by bridge.
https://wearebridge.com/

DEI officers know the community is on to them. But grifts are fluid and can be refit to purpose.
DEI will rise again as Bridge. Just wait.

You know what they say... Inclusion is good for business.

[Spirit]

i hope this means tes6 will not be woke. that game has so much potential if wokeness doesn't ruin it

[AdahnGorion]

Origineel geplaatst door Monnsteri:

Origineel geplaatst door AdahnGorion:

Why do you think its good?

Because DEI is favoritism.

Actual DEI is not favourtism, its just skewed in the US. The point of DEI is not to do qoutas, its about not excluding people based on various factors outside their qualifications.

Ie. skintone, height or sex, should not make you excluded if you have good qualifications, but it was never supposed to mean that said above things should be the qualification..

Obviously you don´t hire a 22 year old male of Irish decent with qualifications in economy as a school teacher....

[AdahnGorion]

Origineel geplaatst door Pudge:

i hope this means tes6 will not be woke. that game has so much potential if wokeness doesn't ruin it

TESVI have been in works for years already. Woke is such as weird terminology, but I think its safe to say, that TESVI might
Its set in Hammerfell, so the vast majority of characters you will meet will be the awesome Redguards.. you will ofc have Nords and Bretons as well, as they are an significant minority.

My point here is, that these changes in Microsoft is not going to change the lore of TES or impact it towards some obscure political agenda.. its just TES.

I am not too interested, since I think it will be another full on Action Adventure like Starfield.
Ever since Morrowind the TES IP have moved more and more away from its RPG roots.

[Spirit]

Origineel geplaatst door AdahnGorion:

Origineel geplaatst door Pudge:

i hope this means tes6 will not be woke. that game has so much potential if wokeness doesn't ruin it

TESVI have been in works for years already. Woke is such as weird terminology, but I think its safe to say, that TESVI might
Its set in Hammerfell, so the vast majority of characters you will meet will be the awesome Redguards.. you will ofc have Nords and Bretons as well, as they are an significant minority.

My point here is, that these changes in Microsoft is not going to change the lore of TES or impact it towards some obscure political agenda.. its just TES.

I am not too interested, since I think it will be another full on Action Adventure like Starfield.
Ever since Morrowind the TES IP have moved more and more away from its RPG roots.

race is never the problem. if it is in hammerfell then it needs to have lots of redguards