Costco shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco shareholders voted down an anti-DEI proposal just days after President Trump issued sweeping new rules for federal agencies.
Summary
Costco shareholders voted overwhelmingly (98%) against a proposal by a conservative think tank, the National Center for Public Policy Research, to assess risks linked to the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
Costco’s board supported DEI initiatives, dismissing the proposal as partisan and unnecessary.
This rejection contrasts with trends in other companies scaling back DEI efforts.
The vote comes amid new federal rules from Trump targeting DEI initiatives in federal agencies, potentially impacting private vendors working with the government.
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Fuck Costco and DEI bullshit.
I worked there and the women and minorities got preferential treatment the whole time. Any heavy lifting? Grab one of the guys who are already sweating their asses off outside the 100+ degrees heat. Pay no attention to the fact that the job requires that you be able to lift 50 pounds or however heavy that case of water is during the job interview. Literally had the lot lead look right past two female coworkers in front of him and point to me to help move 100 chairs and tables for some jackasses return.
Someone made a disgusting mess or broke something? Grab the closest male employee to clean it up. Can't have any of the women getting dirty.
I lost count of how many times a guy was outside clearly struggling with heat exhaustion and he was asking to come back inside but nah. They need him outside. Can't have any one of the 37 minority women that have been folding clothing since the dawn of time inside the air conditioned box swap places even though they are both technically working the same exact job title.
I was so happy to quit that fuckin job. Easily the worst management I ever worked for and I worked target nightshift in the ghetto as my first job. At least those assholes were pricks to all of us on night crew equally.
Wow that's funny because my sample size experience tells me the exact opposite of your experience. So my experience is also representative of the entire corporation
Sounds like your boss was the problem, not the DEI hires. But that's okay, the racist conclusion is the most sensible one to jump to.
Yeah... No. It's a Costco problem. Our stores general manager is best buddies with all the Costco higher up and most importantly the new CEO. So any attempt to report him or the other managers for the multiple things they were doing wrong would just end up with you getting less and less hours until you eventually quit on your own. I attempted to go over my bosses head and contact the regional manager and guess what. My hours were cut and I got a write up for something that I never did the very next week.
Again, sounds like the problem is the bosses and not the minorities who are just employees like you.
Is it really just my bosses when those minority or female employees repeatedly took advantage of the biases of those bosses once they realized how that power structure worked?
Every time we got a new hire and we saw them outside or doing shitty jobs like us we thought maybe they weren't going to be the same but as soon as they realized they could suck up to the bosses and get outta shit constantly they would almost always take advantage of the preferential treatment. The few minority and female employees that also called them out for their shit also had their hours cut and had to leave for something else or transfer stores.
If you're out there Ramona you were a real one homie.
Is it really just my bosses when those minority or female employees repeatedly took advantage of the biases of those bosses once they realized how that power structure worked?
Sounds like you're not blaming your bosses, and are blaming the minority and female employees.
Blaming them for taking advantage of an imbalanced system for their own gain. Not blaming them for their race or gender. Come on now.
You're blaming women and minorities for taking advantage of an inbalanced system but it has nothing to do with their gender or race? I agree, I blame the bosses.
What? Of course it has to do with their gender and race. The general manager was Hispanic and if he thought you were attractive and he could have inappropriate conversations with you in Spanish then you could basically get away with doing the bare minimum at that job. He would let them stay inside no matter the weather or how badly we needed hands outside. They never had to work any of the larger sections at the end of the night. They basically had full protection as long as they went along with his power tripping racist and sexist behavior.
Again I am blaming the shitty manager and his top level cronies for the biased treatment of some employees. I am also holding some of those employees responsible for recognizing that easy path and taking it.
If he was white and he was doting on all the white employees while he put all the minorities in the harder physical labor positions you would be up in arms.
they realized they could suck up to the bosses and get outta shit constantly they would almost always take advantage of the preferential treatment.
Sounds like your bosses, yeah. They couldn't do that if not for your bosses. They're probably paid less too, making them more valuable to the company than an expensive white boy.
There it is lol.
Took you awhile to admit you're just racist but I'm glad you got around to it.
Also no despite me being comically over qualified for that position I was paid less than the majority of the minority and female employees there.
You're doing everything, including calling me a racist and telling me your bosses pay you less, to not blame your bosses. Do you understand how dense that looks?
... I blamed my bosses. I blamed all of upper management. I blamed the top corporate levels of the company.
YOU were the one that assumed I was a white guy and that I must be getting paid more simply because my gender and race. If that's not textbook racism I don't know what is.
In none of my comments did I said anything negative about any of my minority or female coworkers. I made one comment about how some of them sucked up to management when they realized they could get away with more by doing so, but that has nothing to do with racism or sexism on my part. That's my judgment of their character for agreeing to go along with the sexist and racist managers at that store because it directly benefited them.
Is it really just my bosses when those minority or female employees repeatedly took advantage of the biases of those bosses once they realized how that power structure worked?Sounds like you’re not blaming your bosses, and are blaming the minority and female employees.