Boeing dismantles DEI department — joining
major companies in scrapping controversial policy
New York Post,
by
Ariel Zilber
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
11/1/2024 10:51:13 PM
Boeing reportedly dismantled its global diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) department as part of an overhaul of its operations ordered by the company’s new top executive — becoming the latest major company to ditch the controversial initiative.
The aerospace giant — which was slammed by tech mogul Elon Musk for prioritizing DEI over safety and quality controls after a near-catastrophic blowout during an Alaska Airlines flight — said staff from its DEI office would be absorbed into another human resources team focused on talent and employee experience, according to Bloomberg News.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 11/1/2024 10:55:56 PM (No. 1824368)
DEI has DIED.
Rest in Hell.
28 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Californian 11/1/2024 11:02:52 PM (No. 1824371)
Maybe their next set of planes won't fall out of the sky.
21 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Catherine 11/1/2024 11:20:23 PM (No. 1824380)
Oh my. Hiring someone because of their color or sex or ethnicity hasn't worked? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.
25 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
mc squared 11/1/2024 11:41:38 PM (No. 1824383)
Doesn't mean it will end. It's just shifting acronyms.
24 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 11/2/2024 12:13:23 AM (No. 1824393)
I get great comfort knowing that the planes I ride on are designed and built by people who were hired and promoted based on their skin color rather than merit.....not.
27 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
bpl40 11/2/2024 12:24:57 AM (No. 1824396)
DEI ruined Boeing
24 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
snakeoil 11/2/2024 12:31:02 AM (No. 1824400)
At my Alma Mater there is both a Vice President and a Vice Provost for Diversity. Each year a form had to be filled out by my supervisor that asked what I had done in the past year to "foster diversity." I used to joke with my supervisor that I was all for diversity because most of the people I worked with were idiots.
17 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Trigger2 11/2/2024 3:19:23 AM (No. 1824443)
About time. Demonrats are evil, evil people.
15 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
chumley 11/2/2024 8:45:33 AM (No. 1824468)
Would love to hear from those companies why they fell for it in the first place. If a common schmo like me can figure it out, certainly those college educated executives can. Yet they did it anyway. It cost massive money and maybe lives, and delivered, what?
17 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
downnout 11/2/2024 8:52:55 AM (No. 1824477)
My favorite tidbit of Boeing trivia was finding out that Caroline Kennedy used to be a member of the board at that company.
14 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
skacmar 11/2/2024 9:06:47 AM (No. 1824494)
Boeing may have disbanded their DEI Department but it is not gone. It's staff have just been spread around the company to different departments where they can continue infecting everything & everyone with their DEI ideology.
21 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Strike3 11/2/2024 9:19:18 AM (No. 1824510)
Finally, a smart move by Boeing. Maybe more planes will keep their doors on and stay up in the sky.
9 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Zigrid 11/2/2024 9:50:53 AM (No. 1824537)
Bud lite learned the hard way...you go woke...you go broke...so now other companies are starting to remove DEI from their board rooms...OMG...are you telling me that Boeing has seen the light?...or is it just a matter of seeing the handwriting on the wall...in other words...they still like DEI...but it's bad for their bottom line....either way...let's be aware of the movement towards unqualified business school graduates....and hire for competence....not gender and skin color...my apology to my black friends.....
9 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 11/2/2024 10:27:34 AM (No. 1824572)
The mining company I worked for before I retired, implemented a DEI policy and hired its first tranny earlier this year. Former man with a beard and male parts who had boobs and female parts installed. HR decided to have the individual use the women''s shower and change room. The women miners are refusing to use the change room and go home dirty and wearing their work clothes. Let's see how long this goes on.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ADNova 11/2/2024 10:40:31 AM (No. 1824586)
Maybe they can pick it back up once they’re profitable again and planes aren’t falling out of the sky.
7 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
MickTurn 11/2/2024 10:45:47 AM (No. 1824592)
DEI is misspelled, it's DIE!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 11/2/2024 11:15:36 AM (No. 1824620)
Probably now will be integrated into the hiring department, same rules, different look.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
dbdiva 11/2/2024 11:39:08 AM (No. 1824638)
This is very good news and high time for DEI to be buried deep in the ideology graveyard. But I think Boeing has other things going on that they don't want to see exposed. What about those two whistle-blowers at Boeing who met highly suspicious untimely deaths a few months ago? There may be more unsavory things going on with that company than just DEI.
12 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
scottj 11/2/2024 1:15:17 PM (No. 1824726)
It's really hard to believe how stupid these companies can be. Those woke liberals should be fired immediately. Enough with them.
4 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 11/2/2024 1:39:40 PM (No. 1824743)
Grew a pair? Instead of being "boing-boing" they are going Clank-Clank.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 11/2/2024 7:20:54 PM (No. 1824907)
All the big companies started doing the DEI dance because it was trendy and woke at the time you hire people because of merit and ability to do the job. I am sure that there are gays and minorities that will be excellent employees but hire them on merit. The fashion industry has lots of gays because they are good at it.Don't hire them just to check a box so you can brag about diversity. That way lies trouble for the company. Not only do they turn out incompetent and hurt the bottom line but it leaves you open to discrimination lawsuits if you have to fire them or fail to promote them.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
The Remnants 11/2/2024 7:42:07 PM (No. 1824921)
I think it is important that teachers in our public school system - especially in elementary schools - be hired and promoted on merit, and they should be fired if their students are not performing at grade level. When you read that students in high schools are not reading, writing, or doing math at grade level, you've got to figure out that their teachers are incompetent and should be fired. Perhaps it was the teachers' unions that started the whole DEI fiasco. I believe that the "E" in DEI refers to Equity, that is, same outcome for all - never happens, because we all have different abilities and different skills.
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