According to a report from Just The News, major companies are beginning to move away from DEI positions in the wake of Republican pressure and company layoffs.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion employees are some of the first to get hit when companies make cuts.
From Just The News:
Companies such as Netflix, Disney, and Warner Bros. Discovery have recently said that DEI executives will be leaving their positions, the Wall Street Journal reported. Chief Diversity Officers have experienced a 40% higher turnover than their human resources counterparts, according to employment data provider Live Data Technologies, the Journal reported. Additionally, the number of searches for chief diversity officers has decreased by 75% in the past year, chief executive of Hanold Associates Executive Search Jason Hanold told the Journal.
The Society for Human Resource Management, an HR trade association quoted Kara Yarnot, vice president of strategic consulting services at recruitment agency HireClix in Gloucester, Massachusetts, saying “This statistic is alarming and disappointing. When some companies need to find places to be cut, unfortunately they tend to cut areas like DE&I and talent acquisition.”
As the tech sector began layoffs last year amid an economic downturn, many companies reevaluated their DEI jobs, a number of which were created following the Black Lives Matter riots in summer 2020.
More over at Just The News:
DEI positions dwindling amid company layoffs, Republican political pressure, and court decision | Just The News https://t.co/4cOpJVG0tb
— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) August 3, 2023
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