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by katscradle_1989 1232 days ago
It almost seems inevitable at times. DEI is part of that and has leaked into tech (yea, you can say its been there awhile but eh).

I know of someone that has actually lost a job opportunity because they weren't diverse enough. (SE Asian) They were interning and it leaked that the team lead wanted someone more diverse and the HM was all too eager to agree. The messages were deleted before he could take a screen shot. He came to me asking what to do about it and I really didn't know what to say. Unfortunately it just wasn't worth it IMO to fight a large tech company. I'm sure the messages could be recovered but it seemed like an insane uphill fight and who would want to even work at that company at that point.

Hell, companies are "proud" to tell you that they would straight up do this too. The worst people imo are the types that try to make every justification and gaslight you into believing its "justice" or something.