In the latest significant shift ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in office, Meta informed staff on Friday that it intends to discontinue several internal initiatives aimed at increasing.
The company’s employment of diverse applicants. The news was posted on Meta’s Workplace internal communications forum by Janelle Gale, vice president of people.
Among the adjustments is the termination of Meta’s “Diverse Slate Approach,” which included selecting competent applicants from underrepresented groups for available positions. Additionally,
The corporation is ending its equity and inclusion training programs as well as its diversity supplier program. The company’s diversity, equality, and inclusion, or DEI, team will no longer exist,
According to Gale, who also said that Meta Chief Diversity Officer Maxine Williams would take on a new position that focuses on engagement and accessibility.
A number of Meta staff members criticized the new policy in their comments on Gale’s piece. “Your beliefs aren’t values if you don’t stick to them when times are tough.