LGBTQ+ @lemmy.blahaj.zone return2ozma @lemmy.world 3 wk. ago

Lowe's becomes latest company to dial back DEI efforts aimed at LGBTQ groups

www.nbcnews.com Lowe's becomes latest company to dial back DEI efforts aimed at LGBTQ groups

Lowe’s changes follow closely on the heels of announcements by Harley Davidson and Jack Daniel's, as well as similar changes made by Tractor Supply, John Deere and Best Buy.

United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml return2ozma @lemmy.world 3 wk. ago

www.nbcnews.com /business/business-news/lowes-becomes-later-paring-back-dei-efforts-rcna168380

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Dialing back DEI efforts

Translation: "We refuse to promote anyone into upper management who isn't a direct relative of a senior executive".
Fuck these companies sideways.
At least Home Depot seems to actually care about its lgbtq employees, and its employee training is full of anti-discriminatory language and policies while being openly welcoming to the lgbtq community. Even here in Florida, Home Depot is a pretty friendly place to work for LGBTQ employees.
- Can confirm, I've worked with several individuals who are lgbtq+ only saw one issue with one person and it was swiftly dealt with.
- Which is interesting considering the owner is a maga.
  
  Edit: I didn't realize he was no longer involved with the company. Jkjk
  
  He isn’t the owner. He was the co-founder, first CEO and then the first chairman, but he retired in 2002. He hasn’t had anything to do with the company since then.
  
  He isn't the owner. He was a co founder, but retired in 2002.
- Home Depot already rolled back their dei requirements quite a while ago.
  
  I had them on my personal boycott list for years because their owner supported Trump. Then they came out and said that we don't have anything to do with our former owner so I took them off my block list and then they came out and rolled back their dei protection so I put them right back on it.
  
  I'm also going to boycott Lowe's and I'm going to cancel my Lowe's card while I'm at it. Sure it's just a drop of change but at least I'm doing my part.
  
  Do you have a link to this?
"We’re now forcing multi-billion dollar organizations to change their policies without even posting just from fear they have of being the next company that we expose," [Robby Starbuck, a video streamer and right wing online activist,] wrote. "We are winning and one by one we WILL bring sanity back to corporate America."

So it's not because of any fault in the DEI program, it's because of corporate terrorism from the right. Big surprise /s
None of this matters, protections for individual rights need to made into laws and laws are enforceable via fines and lawsuits. Voting matters.
And just like that: Lowe's no longer exists in my world.
- Bye Felicia.

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