Tesla lays off head of LGBTQ+ and Diversity lead amid Musk’s woke mind virus concerns

Electrek ^ | 6.20.2022 | Fred Lambert

[SamAdams76]

If you are not there to make cars, what good are you?

[MtnClimber]

The woke mind is a defective mind. Throw them out with the trash.

[cableguymn]

Yup. Who you sleep with or what you identify as has nothing to do with why you are there.

[Nifster]

Exactly

[Magic Fingers]

“...but diversity is certainly not one of them as long as it doesn’t overide competence.”

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Overriding competence is the only way it flourishes.

[EEGator]

I like Musk.

[Rowdyone]

So are Progressives saying that gay activists should be immune to routine layoffs because of their sexual preference? Why should an employer have to even recognize employee sexual preference?

[Sirius Lee]

He was also the volunteer President of LGBTQ+ at Tesla.

[glorgau]

... but it is certainly not a good look when some of the top people involved in diversity programs are laid off amid Musk’s comments on “woke.”

I think it's a GREAT look. Back to basics.

[Savage Rider]

Diversity and Inclusivity departments do not help the bottom line of any company. In this time of super inflation heading into a recession, many companies will be trimming back whatever they can. If you were hired to promote Diversity and Inclusivity, you better have a second skill that benefits the company profits.

[Pox]

Diversity is one thing. Activist activity directed at the owner of your corporation probably isn’t a very sound idea.

I wonder if the previous trouble makers with their open letter were a part of this group being laid off. They were terminated, but was their termination part of this 10% layoff, or in addition to..

[politicket]

Should be fewer gerbils roaming the factory floor...

[rlmorel]

"...While the word “woke” originally represented someone who is alert to societal injustice, it has now mostly been co-opted by the right to mock progressive activism or more extremist left-wing ideas..."

Hey! They actually noticed! I swore they were impervious to this kind of ridicule and mocking!

[fidelis]

"...it is certainly not a good look when some of the top people involved in diversity programs are laid off amid Musk’s comments on “woke.”"

On the contrary, it is a very good look when your actions match your words. If the CEO of a company thinks that Woke programs are as useless as a screen door on a boar, then it makes sense for him to do away with them.

[NWFree]

Another great idea I told you he was coming around 🤪

[joshua c]

dead weight

[LibertyWoman]

ACLU called; lawsuit(s) filed 5..4..3..2..; outrage expressed; congress involved; president condemns; Headlines blare: The homophobic Elon Musk... etc.etc.etc.

Does that about cover it?

[BatGuano]

Maybe “coming out” was not the wisest thing to do...

Pushing your program directly in the faces of those who pay
you, is certainly not the wisest thing to do.

I don’t have any sympathy for the gaggles of queer oddballs who piss and moan about their choice to be what they are not working like they want it to.

Bad choices have bad consequences.

[Allegra]

Now we learn that many employees involved in diversity and inclusivity programs were part of the layoffs, including the President of Tesla’s LGBTQ+ community and a lead involved in diversity and inclusivity programs at the company.

Good. Those positions are unproductive and a waste of money.