Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in office, Metaon informed staff on Friday that it intends to discontinue several internal initiatives aimed at increasing the company’s hiring of diverse applicants.
The announcement was posted on Meta’s Workplace internal communications forum by Janelle Gale, vice president of people.
One of the adjustments is the termination of Meta’s Diverse Slate Approach, which involved 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. Gale added that Meta Chief Diversity Officer Maxine Williams will take on a new position centered on accessibility and engagement, and that the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) team will be disbanded.
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 things get tough. More than 600 coworkers responded to a message made by one employee about their hobbies.
The social network business has reversed many broad policy changes this month, including the DEI policy modification. Joel Kaplan, a longtime Meta employee with strong Republican affiliations, replaced Nick Clegg as head of global affairs last week. Zuckerberg terminated the company’s third-party fact-checking program as part of his new speech policy, which was revealed on Tuesday.
The social media company’s DEI adjustments were initially reported by Axios. Meta took a while to respond to this.
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