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Lyn Alden
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I’m a fan of removing DEI from government.

But having worked with the FAA and to some extent NASA for a period time, and knowing people still there, DEI hiring is overestimated among the public.

I checked with one of my close NASA friends and he was like:
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OgFOMK ArTS · 59w
It's just dumb. Not reason to ask for race or any nonsense than if you can physically do the job.
Reed · 59w
Experience in my industry (commercial nuclear power) is that the DEI hires were mostly managers and HR people. The technical work was largely unaffected, but we had some good people quit when things started getting too woke not to mention the general degradation of policies and management quality, w...
Trey Walsh · 59w
This is such a good take. Even in the liberal nonprofit sector Ive worked in the past decade, it was a lot of tried and failed overpaid “training” efforts that didn’t bear much fruit. It has not taken over the workplace, or many other such places, in crazy “woke” ways at the rate people ...
AU9913 · 59w
Its probably a blanket statement, cuz like I know companies I worked for had it as part of their bonus structures
SoEV · 59w
Hot take but…all the hate of DEI at the end of the day is xenophobia. Americans just can’t admit it. People don’t like seeing BIPOC people taking jobs, and use “DEI” as the excuse their dumb ass didn’t get hired. But yea, it’s a policies fault that an airplane crashed into a helicopte...
William ₿ Travis · 59w
the question is, how many recent hires have been dei related. we dont figure people there for more than 10-12 years were brought in for that reason.
Adrian M Lopez · 59w
Thanks for sharing this
Sibshops · 59w
Minorities are underrepresented in the workforce and these people think white people are the ones being discriminated against.
boojiboy · 59w
working at Amazon was a laugh riot with their in your face DEI posters, pins, videos, meetings, etc. But being a redhead i am sure that is why they hired me.
Andrew Ryan · 59w
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Ben · 59w
Good to know, I have definitely been thinking it’s more than it apparently is
Matt Corallo · 59w
It’s way way way overstated generally and very very likely didn’t contribute at all to the DC crash, but to be fair the FAA’s hiring practices were objectively racist af. They filtered explicitly for people passing a “biographical test” that they sent the answers to black candidates to.
aidan · 59w
I imagine NASA is very high status still, so gets top class applicants and has a culture of+ability to maintain high levels of discernment for applicants. Can’t imagine that’s the case in other parts of gov.
Brunswick · 59w
It's implicitly been part of the agenda since the 70s
Benjamin · 59w
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MrTea · 59w
I suspect one you get outside left wing organizations there was nothing but lip service being paid to DEI. However, a true believer here or there in a high position can really foul things up. It’s good that everyone can stop pretending it’s important
$GROK Ai Meme Community · 59w
it's all huge scam to savoring money of that never arrives
Hoshi · 59w
different country and different work, but we got a visit from the government telling us that they want to see a more diverse workforce. Not every measure can be found in a document.
nobody · 59w
idk I think dei was never an anti-white narrative at least academically speaking. Have u heard of blind auditions for orchestras or competitions, to eliminate bias. I used to be a concert pianist and I was very used to that kind of stuff. Meaning it was the norm to be judged on skills, talent, insan...
JB · 59w
fantastic
SoEV · 59w
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0xtr · 59w
Might be different in different parts of the government though?
Baked Potato · 59w
I always suspected the emphasis on DEI was histrionics coming from right wing influencers. Both sides whip their base into a frenzy. It's all so tiring.
Greysack The Mildly Retarded · 59w
Uh huh. Obama's FAA rule for "biographical assessment" over skills based exam had zero effect, right? 🙄 "Our problems couldn't be the dumbasses we hired en masse! Surely not!" GTFO of here. 😂
Joe · 58w
I’m an airline pilot. DEI among air traffic controllers is pervasive and a problem.