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Microsoft staffer blasts decision to lay off internal team focused on diversity due to "changing business needs"


A Microsoft team leader has emailed thousands of staff to protest the closure of a major internal group focused on prom…

A Microsoft team leader has emailed thousands of staff to protest the closure of a major internal group focused on promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within the company. The outgoing staff member blasted Microsoft's decision to cut their team amid a wider cooling in the corporate space to the need for diversity groups generally. "Unofficially in my opinion, not specific to Microsoft alone, but [right-wing Republican policy plan should Trump be re-elected] Project 2025 looms and true systems change work associated with DEI programs everywhere are no longer business critical or smart as they were in 2020.

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