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Microsoft Says Bye-Bye DEI, Joins Growing List Of Corporations Dismantling Diversity Teams (atlantadailyworld.com)

submitted 3 months ago by homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/3229309

From the Atlanta Daily World:

In a surprising yet increasingly common move, Microsoft has quietly dismantled its team dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The decision, communicated via email to the affected employees on July 1, cited “changing business needs” as the reason for the layoffs. While the exact number of employees impacted remains unclear, the team’s lead didn’t … Continued

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Au contraire. Their original idea was to close-source code and “license” the software which was a brilliantly evil way to cripple innovation and enforce broken mediocrity.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

And they embraced, extended, and extinguished their way to the #1 PC OS.