After layoffs, Meta, which used remote work during the pandemic to advance its diversity goals, now faces an uphill battle to continue making progress with DEI
Brit Levy, 35, was eager to join Meta's paid training program for aspiring human resources managers last year because she wanted … Tweets: @carnage4life , @pt , @kcraigtv , @nerdbitches , and @max111206 Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : @pt This article is classic journalism of starting with a conclusion then matching anecdotes to that conclusion. Obviously can't say more than. Parker / @pt : I was told (mostly by people rationalizing their own life choices or talking their own book) that remote work was unmitigated upside and only dinosaurs would suggest otherwise. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Kenneth Craig / @kcraigtv : “The last-in-first-out has affected a wide swath of people, but because women and minorities were hired disproportionately in the last couple of years they have also been fired disproportionately.” - Bhaskar Chakravorti @FletcherSchool. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Brit Levy / @nerdbitches : Companies can choose to end DEI programs, but cancelling programs halfway through causes extreme hardship. What Meta did was completely unnecessary. These employees were also not given severance, only the legally required WARN pay. #meta #layoffs https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @max111206 : Levy, who is Mexican American, agreed to start the 12-month gig in April after she checked with Meta that her position would be secure for the duration of the program despite the company's financial challenges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...