Microsoft Breaks DEI Promise

Hey Strangers, #microsoft #DEI #tech Microsoft has reportedly laid off a team devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion after pouring millions of dollars into the initiative — becoming the latest major company to ditch the “woke” policy. The Big Tech giant disbanded the DEI team at the beginning of the month due to “changing business needs,” according to a July 1 email obtained by Business Insider. It is unclear how many employees were affected. ======================================= My other podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKpvBEElSl1dD72Y5gtepkw ************************************************** Something Strange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjVc2TZqN4&t=4s ************************************************** article links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eUfZAie4po https://medium.com/@ayomiamindoni/on-audre-lorde-7a69b10d2cca#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFor%20the%20master's%20tool%20will%20never%20dismantle%20the%20master's%20house,to%20bring%20about%20genuine%20change. https://nypost.com/2024/07/17/business/microsoft-fires-dei-team-becoming-latest-company-to-ditch-woke-policy-report/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsofts-near-term-fate-is-in-openais-hands--for-better-or-worse-205250812.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMFCLnXIT699auEgaQ4SGSHnUliIx3eS0sqjucH4J28_WnBBOEAcA1h6gWzyUU8d1haBMSV4hYQ2W2HgfV8eKMTwLq1KQY7faVuy6GE5lv6k3QXbcIPFICn6XAePRg_JDc7d0wL0Ej_vipGdGaWEWUL4WgWCA30LpJgMd9EhX0tM https://news.microsoft.com/2024/07/16/microsoft-announces-quarterly-earnings-release-date-60/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/roncarucci/2024/01/24/one-more-time-why-diversity-leads-to-better-team-performance/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/05/microsoft_government_contracts/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/05/microsoft_government_contracts/ https://prospect.org/power/2024-06-11-defense-department-microsofts-profit-taking/#:~:text=Microsoft%20and%20Oracle%20are%20the,Google%2C%20Oracle%2C%20and%20Amazon. ====================================== Today is for push-ups and Programming and I am all done doing push-ups Discord https://discord.gg/MYvNgYYFxq TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@strangestcoder Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@codingwithstrangers Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/CodingWithStrangers Twitter https://twitter.com/strangestcoder merch Support CodingWithStrangers IRL by purchasing some merch. All merch purchases include an alert: https://streamlabs.com/codingwithstrangers/merch Github Follow my works of chaos https://github.com/codingwithstrangers Tips https://streamlabs.com/codingwithstrangers/tip Patreon patreon.com/TheStrangers Timeline 00:00 cold open 04:10 intro 04:28 What Talking We Talking About 07:59 Article 19:04 My Thoughts 22:13 outro anything else? Take Care --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coding-with-strangers/message