UT Austin lays off DEI employees

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Actually, there aren’t always, which makes hiring all these DEI people worse.

My husband’s law school has three useless DEI people but only one mental health counselor for the entire school. She’s overwhelmed with actually helping students in crisis, and they post diverse pics on Twitter. It’s so messed up.

It's peak irony that we pay an increasing number of deans to talk about the importance of mental health while not actually funding counseling

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Doesn't matter now does it? These departments are quietly disappearing. Oh well.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money

Who buys the materials? Are you this concerned about the cost of office parties, retreats, conferences?

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University of Florida got rid of DEI. It was costing $5 million a year:
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/uf-eliminates-diversity-office-will-steer-money-to-faculty-recruitment-instead/

In-state tuition is $6,400/year, so $5 million is equivalent to the tuition of 780 in-state students.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money

Who buys the materials? Are you this concerned about the cost of office parties, retreats, conferences?

Instead of pointing out all the good and valuable things these folks do you instead engage in "whataboutism" which speaks for itself. They are nonessential to day to day business. Do you think there is no cost benefit analysis when making business decisions?

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money

Who buys the materials? Are you this concerned about the cost of office parties, retreats, conferences?

Instead of pointing out all the good and valuable things these folks do you instead engage in "whataboutism" which speaks for itself. They are nonessential to day to day business. Do you think there is no cost benefit analysis when making business decisions?

Are you unable to answer my question? Who exactly buys these supposed materials? Why is this cost unacceptable but other non-essential expenses are fine?

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money

Who buys the materials? Are you this concerned about the cost of office parties, retreats, conferences?

Instead of pointing out all the good and valuable things these folks do you instead engage in "whataboutism" which speaks for itself. They are nonessential to day to day business. Do you think there is no cost benefit analysis when making business decisions?

Are you unable to answer my question? Who exactly buys these supposed materials? Why is this cost unacceptable but other non-essential expenses are fine?

No, you answer the question. What valuable measurable service to these people provide?

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money

Who buys the materials? Are you this concerned about the cost of office parties, retreats, conferences?

Instead of pointing out all the good and valuable things these folks do you instead engage in "whataboutism" which speaks for itself. They are nonessential to day to day business. Do you think there is no cost benefit analysis when making business decisions?

Are you unable to answer my question? Who exactly buys these supposed materials? Why is this cost unacceptable but other non-essential expenses are fine?

I’m not the PP but if you are insisting that colleges do a line-by-line accounting of non-essential expenses before cutting any of them, you essentially are saying colleges should never cut costs. Why not start with a huge cost center that isn’t bringing a lot of positivity or progress to schools (DEI)? That’s probably more efficient than going through each department and cutting individual line items.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money

Who buys the materials? Are you this concerned about the cost of office parties, retreats, conferences?

Instead of pointing out all the good and valuable things these folks do you instead engage in "whataboutism" which speaks for itself. They are nonessential to day to day business. Do you think there is no cost benefit analysis when making business decisions?

Are you unable to answer my question? Who exactly buys these supposed materials? Why is this cost unacceptable but other non-essential expenses are fine?

No, you answer the question. What valuable measurable service to these people provide?

Let us know when you are prepared to answer the question.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money

Who buys the materials? Are you this concerned about the cost of office parties, retreats, conferences?

Instead of pointing out all the good and valuable things these folks do you instead engage in "whataboutism" which speaks for itself. They are nonessential to day to day business. Do you think there is no cost benefit analysis when making business decisions?

Are you unable to answer my question? Who exactly buys these supposed materials? Why is this cost unacceptable but other non-essential expenses are fine?

No, you answer the question. What valuable measurable service to these people provide?

Let us know when you are prepared to answer the question.

I’m not the PP but of the two questions, the question of what valuable measurable service DEI brings is obviously a reasonable one. It’s quite telling that you can’t answer it.

[Anonymous]

Get rid of college chaplains next. Worse than a waste of money. Straight up scam. And with federal dollars too!

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money

Who buys the materials? Are you this concerned about the cost of office parties, retreats, conferences?

Instead of pointing out all the good and valuable things these folks do you instead engage in "whataboutism" which speaks for itself. They are nonessential to day to day business. Do you think there is no cost benefit analysis when making business decisions?

Are you unable to answer my question? Who exactly buys these supposed materials? Why is this cost unacceptable but other non-essential expenses are fine?

No, you answer the question. What valuable measurable service to these people provide?

Let us know when you are prepared to answer the question.

I’m not the PP but of the two questions, the question of what valuable measurable service DEI brings is obviously a reasonable one. It’s quite telling that you can’t answer it.

It's quite telling that if you don't understand, maybe we do need DEI services.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get rid of college chaplains next. Worse than a waste of money. Straight up scam. And with federal dollars too!

That’s fine too. They are a vanishingly small percentage of the budget compared to the DEI apparatus, however, so the cost savings is not as great.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money

Who buys the materials? Are you this concerned about the cost of office parties, retreats, conferences?

Instead of pointing out all the good and valuable things these folks do you instead engage in "whataboutism" which speaks for itself. They are nonessential to day to day business. Do you think there is no cost benefit analysis when making business decisions?

Are you unable to answer my question? Who exactly buys these supposed materials? Why is this cost unacceptable but other non-essential expenses are fine?

No, you answer the question. What valuable measurable service to these people provide?

Let us know when you are prepared to answer the question.

Sorry but it's DEI departments on the chopping block. The onus on them is to justify their existence, which should be easy to do if they are as valuable as you claim.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money

Who buys the materials? Are you this concerned about the cost of office parties, retreats, conferences?

Instead of pointing out all the good and valuable things these folks do you instead engage in "whataboutism" which speaks for itself. They are nonessential to day to day business. Do you think there is no cost benefit analysis when making business decisions?

Are you unable to answer my question? Who exactly buys these supposed materials? Why is this cost unacceptable but other non-essential expenses are fine?

No, you answer the question. What valuable measurable service to these people provide?

Let us know when you are prepared to answer the question.

I’m not the PP but of the two questions, the question of what valuable measurable service DEI brings is obviously a reasonable one. It’s quite telling that you can’t answer it.

It's quite telling that if you don't understand, maybe we do need DEI services.

We can't tell you what we do or why the company should keep us around but let's have another workshop so we appear busy and useful. Sounds about right.