Meta staff often vote for questions that executives should be solved at meetings throughout the company. Before such a gathering gathering was planned on Thursday, some of the most appreciated questions were related to DEI. But the Meta leader told employees that the popularity of a certain question no longer guarantees that it will be answered by the company's leader, according to one of the employees. New York newspaper before report change.
Some American companies, including in technology industry, The discarded Regarding the diverse goals and programs in their annual records about a year ago amid increasing public criticisms on initiatives in the form of civil cases and pressure from the heads. Private operation. A new cut circle was announced by retailers, restaurants, manufacturers and technology developers when President Donald Trump returned to the White House this month.
Trump has continuous criticism DEI's policies and programs, call themmeaninglessAnother person and discrimination. After he was inaugurated on January 20, Trump quickly turned to the end of DEI programs at agencies across the Federal Government.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has sought to warm his relationship before completely with the president in the past few months. On Wednesday, Meta and Trump reached an agreement to resolve a lawsuit that Trump submitted The temporary suspension of his user account Later The uprising on January 6according to A federal court record. Meta agreed to pay about 25 million dollars, with most of the money for the future presidential library of Trump, Wall Street Magazine report. Dani Lever, Meta spokesperson, confirmed the report to Wired. Trump's lawyer in the case did not respond to comments.
Zuckerberg did not admit to resolving the company's quarterly income calls on Wednesday, but welcomed the President. Now we have an American government proud of our leading companies, prioritizing American technology victory and will protect our values and interests abroad, he said. And I am very optimistic about progress and innovation that this can relax.
At the meta, the effect of DEI cuts may be shut down, partly, because the company has worked to trim them for a while behind the scenes, according to a former Meta employee familiar with replacements. change. It was a slow, painful death, they said. After the murder George Floyd in 2020Then the CEO Sheryl Sandberg led the company's increasing commitments, including operation one. Internal civil rights audit. In it Diverse report 2022Meta noted that it has doubled the number of women and black staff since 2019 as part of its diverse goals.
With the support of Sandberg, the former Meta staff said, this is like this huge energy to make a difference. But in July 2022, Sandberg announced her departure From daily activities at the company. Also during that time, the technology giant announced that it would start identifying the teams to let go of the upcoming widely fired, taking place a few months later. The final cuts have affected about 11,000 people and are The first blow For Meta's advancement of diversity, former alleged former staff.