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Weren’t We Supposed to ‘Learn to Code?’ [IBM's DEI policy]
Chronicles ^ | February 2024 | Edward Welsch

Posted on 02/07/2024 8:18:22 AM PST by Angelino97

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To: ClearCase_guy

Good post.

For young white males the anger is building.

It will show itself in many unpredictable ways—including imho both active and passive sabotage.

Passive sabotage is when you see something wrong (like a faulty part on an assembly line) and intentionally remain silent.


21 posted on 02/07/2024 8:52:09 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Carl Vehse

“propaganda being rammed down the throats of employees in corporate D.I.E. training programs”

Which is one reason I retired when I did, they were just about to start that BS and I did want any part of it.......that and being forced to get a mandatory covid shot......I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.


22 posted on 02/07/2024 8:52:27 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Leaning Right

Yes.
In communist times everything was produced in + tolerances, so it weight more. More tons produced!

It as co crazy that e.g. boats were designed to target steel width (and weight). After they were build, they sunk because they were all too heavy.
So they had to cut them in half and extended.
They did it for every boat they build (for the boats who needed very controlled level of depth)


23 posted on 02/07/2024 8:55:11 AM PST by AZJeep
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To: Angelino97

IBM let go about 10k USA employees, changed the reqs so only workers from India could qualify.
Lots of old employees helped IBM develop their Power processor line.
Now IBM is going to find out why Intel had such a problem getting 7nm to work.


24 posted on 02/07/2024 9:01:00 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Leaning Right

By “learn to code” did he mean computer code or medical coding??

As to another comment, my cubicle mate when affirmative action was first instituted was a black man. We were both programmers, the computer kind, at Sears.


25 posted on 02/07/2024 9:05:25 AM PST by BigOrangeI (When did we run out of tar and feathers ??)
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To: Angelino97

Yes.
There is however, some number of employees, below it the “nondiscrimination laws” do not apply. (It would be hard to control if a shop with dozens of workers has the proper racial complexion.)
So those small shops are mostly just white.
But once you grow to some size, you are subject to these laws and you must have certain percentage of ‘underprivileged” employees.
Usually you must have like 60 to 80% ??? of percentage people of color in you community.
So, if the town where you operate has like 13% blacks, you are required to employ about 10% of blacks in your workforce!
Otherwise you will be subject of discrimination lawsuits!

One way to avoid it is to locate in mostly white areas. Apparently Japanese implants were masters in this technique!


26 posted on 02/07/2024 9:07:25 AM PST by AZJeep
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To: Angelino97

So we take underrepresented and gender. You’ve got to move both forward by a percentage.

There are valid reasons why they are “underrepresented” in certain fields, and abundant in others.


27 posted on 02/07/2024 9:25:49 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: cgbg

>like a faulty part on an assembly line

Or 4 bolts on a plug door.


28 posted on 02/07/2024 9:27:47 AM PST by fretzer
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In white collar jobs silent sabotage is as easy as not objecting when the boss is about to do something stupid.


29 posted on 02/07/2024 9:28:59 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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In white collar jobs silent sabotage is as easy as not objecting when the boss is about to do something stupid.

AKA you get exactly what you requested even though it is obvious that what you requested isn't really what you wanted.

30 posted on 02/07/2024 11:35:33 AM PST by Myrddin
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To: Leaning Right

The analogy makes so much sense.


31 posted on 02/07/2024 11:36:51 AM PST by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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