I agree that DEI is a terrible thing to use in your hiring process. I believe meritocracy is the only way. That being said, I think we have to wait to get the bigger picture, as I don't (yet) see this was a DEI hire. It is not just DEI because it was a woman, it is DEI if your gender or identity is used as qualifications, instead of skillset.
b472113 submitted the following 2 hours after EuropeNeedsFixing's submission:
"Captain Yvonne Gray abandoned the $100 million HMNZS Manawanui to sink to bottom of the Pacific ocean off the coast of Samoa.
⚡️She became the captain of the 5741-tonne, 84.7m-long ship with the "focus on diversity, equity and respect for personnel" according to official Royal New Zealand Navy official website."
The source (Aussie Cossack) might be legit, but it has not been picked up by major news sites yet. I don't expect ABC or the likes to write anything of this, but FOX, Justthenews and ilk, or maybe even CNN, might pick it up...
I agree that DEI is a terrible thing to use in your hiring process. I believe meritocracy is the only way. That being said, I think we have to wait to get the bigger picture, as I don't (yet) see this was a DEI hire. It is not just DEI because it was a woman, it is DEI if your gender or identity is used as qualifications, instead of skillset.
b472113 submitted the following 2 hours after EuropeNeedsFixing's submission:
"Captain Yvonne Gray abandoned the $100 million HMNZS Manawanui to sink to bottom of the Pacific ocean off the coast of Samoa.
⚡️She became the captain of the 5741-tonne, 84.7m-long ship with the "focus on diversity, equity and respect for personnel" according to official Royal New Zealand Navy official website."
OK, now we are getting somewhere, but I am not quite at "yet", yet. :)
No links were provided for that quote, but I found this X-post: https://x.com/aussiecossack/status/1842717556173680967
The source (Aussie Cossack) might be legit, but it has not been picked up by major news sites yet. I don't expect ABC or the likes to write anything of this, but FOX, Justthenews and ilk, or maybe even CNN, might pick it up...
I think the lack of competence was proven by the event.