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And you know, Jim, over the years, I've had the opportunity to be in management positions

where you have to hire employees.

And my motto was always

find the best person for the job and hire them and let them do their job. Sounds like good

strategy. Post the opening, see who applies, hire the best candidate. If you don't have anybody

that's remotely qualified, then it's up to the manager to go seek out people to fill the position, right?

Makes a lot of sense.

Well, that's not the way it's always been, especially recently.

There's been a lot of DEI going on instead, which doesn't necessarily mean the best candidate for the job is going to get it.

However, several major corporations are now dismantling their DEI policies. This,

of course, after Donald Trump's re-election. The list includes Boeing, Ford, Lowe's, Starbucks,

and even Walmart. Yes, Walmart said that they're ending their racial equity training programs for staff,

and they're going to be evaluating programs designed to increase supplier diversity.

Walmart worked to increase the number of their suppliers to at least 51% owned or managed by women, minority veteran or someone who is

LGBTQ in recent years. They're also going to be reviewing all funding of pride and other events.

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