Go Woke, Go Broke???

[KittySlayer]

I will say that Target stores are on the whole much nicer than Walmart stores. I had to be in one about a year ago and was amazed at how nice they were. Won't ever shop there again, but I can admit that.

From my infrequent shopping I find Target stores are nicer than the Walmart across the street. Not only is the store nicer but the people shopping at Target look a little closer to normal (search People of Walmart).

But the selection of merchandise at Target is significantly smaller. So if I go into Target and get lucky, great. Trouble is on those rare trips I rarely can get everything I need at Target so am then stuck going to Walmart to round out my shopping trip. Sometimes its easier to just start at Walmart first.

 

[Leadeye]

Long read but woke is going broke. The info on this stuff is hard to get as corporate pepsi does not want to easy to expose their folly…

A Lesson in Corporate Wokeness: The Disaster After Making Aunt Jemima a Pariah

townhall.com

A few well publicised full bankruptcies where institutional investors lose everything might get their attention.

 

[Ingomike]

A few well publicised full bankruptcies where institutional investors lose everything might get their attention.

It will take that or bigger to stop the zealots…

 

[actaeon277]

Bigger.

A couple is just "noise" and statistical blips

 

[KLB]

Ben & Jerry’s Parent Company Loses An Estimated $2.5 Billion After July 4 Tweet About ‘Stolen Indigenous Land’

Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry's, lost billions in market cap after the ice cream brand celebrated July 4th with an unpatriotic tweet.

dailycaller.com

We'll see if it gets worse. So far that is nothing more than a blip. This isn't even its low for the month yet, let alone the year.

 

[Shadow01]

”The sad thing here, however, is that workers who had nothing to do with the Mulvaney partnership are paying the price.”

As usual, folks that caused all of this will never feel the impacts of “missing a check”. They will move on, land on their feet, some, probably in an even more lucrative position while the people that had nothing to do with the situation will be the ones that have to sacrifice.

maybe being more thorough on finding out the beliefs of your pending employer might mitigate the harm incurred by the employee. Being indifferent to how your employer acts now carries possible pain…

 

[jamil]

maybe being more thorough on finding out the beliefs of your pending employer might mitigate the harm incurred by the employee. Being indifferent to how your employer acts now carries possible pain…

Not everyone can work for a non-douche employer. Not everyone is in a financial position to have a variety of employment opportunities. And untill recent years whose had to vet potential employers for woke policies?

People who’ve worked there for many years could not have predicted this outcome. But. I think for the foreseeable future people will need to do this.

Thwre is a whole new industry that’s been forming around helping employers vet the backgrounds of employee candidates. I guess we need that for employees now to help them vet employers.

Maybe we need an employer ClownWorld-Scorecard™, a scale from 0-11 based on relative size of HR department/ratio of male to female in the department, existence of ESG tzar, overall average ESG score, number of people fired for having right of center views, etcetera. Maybe an employer ClownWorld-Forecast™ which would be a predictor of future wokeness potential.

 

[Expat]

People who’ve worked there for many years could not have predicted this outcome. But. I think for the foreseeable future people will need to do this.

OMG, that is for certain. I have been at the same place for 33 years. When I started, the CEO was the kind that would wonder up and sit at your table for breakfast during our annual meeting. He sent me a handwritten condolence note when my Dad died. Now we area Fortune 400 company. The CEO isn't going to mingle with the help at the meeting. We now sponsor special interest groups in the company for everyone but white straight males. What am I going to do at this point? I have about 2 years to retirement.

 

[KLB]

Not everyone can work for a non-douche employer. Not everyone is in a financial position to have a variety of employment opportunities. And untill recent years whose had to vet potential employers for woke policies?

Not just your company, but the companies that they supply. Especially if they have one main customer.

Hell, you might need to vet their suppliers too. What if one of them is too woke?

 

[MCgrease08]

How corporate America is slashing DEI workers amid backlash to diversity programs

DEI officers say they've faced cuts in the years since the murder of George Floyd.

abcnews.go.com

No surprise that the headline is overly alarmist. DEI positions aren't being "slashed" but attrition and layoffs are happening at a slightly higher rate than other employee groups.

Perhaps companies actually realize that a bunch of woke HR employees that add little to the bottom line aren't actually needed.

 

[jamil]

How corporate America is slashing DEI workers amid backlash to diversity programs

DEI officers say they've faced cuts in the years since the murder of George Floyd.

abcnews.go.com

No surprise that the headline is overly alarmist. DEI positions are being "slashed" but attrition and layoffs are happening at a slightly higher rate than other employee groups.

Perhaps companies actually realize that a bunch of woke HR employees that add little to the bottom line aren't actually needed.

 

[wtburnette]

How corporate America is slashing DEI workers amid backlash to diversity programs

DEI officers say they've faced cuts in the years since the murder of George Floyd.

abcnews.go.com

No surprise that the headline is overly alarmist. DEI positions are being "slashed" but attrition and layoffs are happening at a slightly higher rate than other employee groups.

Perhaps companies actually realize that a bunch of woke HR employees that add little to the bottom line aren't actually needed.

I've seen people reporting that it's because they don't produce income for the organization. It's actually much worse than that, they actively cost the organization money. When you foster petty grievances, victimhood and hire for non-merit based reasons, you cost the organization a ton of money. Not just in having people in positions who aren't good at their jobs, but also creating a morale issue for your employees. I'm just amazed that it's taken this long for this to start being understood.

 

[jamil]

I've seen people reporting that it's because they don't produce income for the organization. It's actually much worse than that, they actively cost the organization money. When you foster petty grievances, victimhood and hire for non-merit based reasons, you cost the organization a ton of money. Not just in having people in positions who aren't good at their jobs, but also creating a morale issue for your employees. I'm just amazed that it's taken this long for this to start being understood.

Bud Light’s DEI department sure cost them a lit of money. I think they were on board with the DEI nonsense because they knew progressives would boycott them, protest them, break their windows, burn their buildings. I could see where they would think that’s where the safe money is. Now it looks like people are pushing back. Maybe companies are contemplating the consequences of pissing the other side off.

 

[Ingomike]

Ben and Jerry's 'July 4th Stolen Land' Virtue Signaling Is Coming Back to Haunt Them

Ben and Jerry's should have looked at what happened to Bud Light.

redstate.com

 

[wtburnette]

Bud Light’s DEI department sure cost them a lit of money. I think they were on board with the DEI nonsense because they knew progressives would boycott them, protest them, break their windows, burn their buildings. I could see where they would think that’s where the safe money is. Now it looks like people are pushing back. Maybe companies are contemplating the consequences of pissing the other side off.

Yep, who would have thought that pissing off the majority of your customers would be a bad business plan...

 

[Ingomike]

Yep, who would have thought that pissing off the majority of your customers would be a bad business plan...

Someone that went through a collegiate marketing indoctrination instead of education?

 

[wtburnette]

Probably right.

 

[Ingomike]

Bud Light no longer ranks among America's top 10 beers

Once the U.S.'s top-selling beer, Bud Light dropped from the list of America's 10 most popular beers amid ongoing backlash since the brand partnered with Dylan Mulvaney.

www.foxnews.com

 

[oze]

Yep, who would have thought that pissing off the majority of your customers would be a bad business plan...

But in the case of Ben and Jerry's, their Independence Day comments sent a thrill going up the legs of their wacko customer base.

 

[wtburnette]

Whacko leftists who want to buy overpriced ice cream can have them...