Post-Reshape, I remember some departments explicitly announcing DEI change stats - before and after reorg, implying it was a big deal at that time.
Is it still a strong factor or is it more a secondary/tertiary factor ?
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Don’t kid yourself. Of course it will. The only thing that trumps DEI is outsourcing.
Hopefully they’ll pick the most qualified person for each job. It would be unfair if someone gets priority just because they’re trans gender etc
I think the DEI fad might be sayonara
HR still puts non-white names in bold and female names in another color so they stick out. When that practice stops you may see decisions start being made on merit.
Female engineer here. My projects were delivered on time and on budget. Stellar performance reviews and even played the stupid networking game. Still made redundant.
I agree with a previous poster - it is all about the job grade and where you are on the salary scale.
Fu-k you Wael.
I know of a minority woman that was impacted and did not make it
No, Wael doesn't care about DEI, unless you are cheap labor. So Indian (with Indian base country) counts, because they are cheap labor. American, British, European, Canadian, Australian base country staff are all kinda sc--wed no matter what kind of diversity they bring to the table. Didn't you notice Ivan's first move was to cut all the female VP well engineers? Was that a red flag to any of the directors? Nope.
I see it as less of a factor than before. I know many lines of business hit their DEI targets before these rounds of reorgs. I know 2 people in my LOB who are in a DEI group and are high-performing employees who bring actual value, but they were unsuccessful in landing roles. I know of 3 people who are world-class slackers who landed roles instead. The big difference between these 2 groups of people to clueless leadership is job grade/pay. Lower paid people are staying while our more experienced people who bring value and are paid for it are being not so gently led out the door.
I am doubtful the right people are getting placed in roles, no matter what DEI box they check or don't check.
They should hopefully select the best people for job in all cases. And there is an amazing diverse group of people in shell these days. If anything straight white males are at most risk of being discriminated against in truth.