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Kohl's eliminated DEI title, so now they have a chief inclusion and belonging officer.

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well played. It's likely just PR bullshit, but frankly, at this point, I'll take it.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

In a world full of companies showing just how little they care, one showing some fucking spine past empty rainbow capitalism is a small win. And right now, we need the wins.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

True. I'll take what wins we can get.

[–] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 33 points 2 months ago

Should have renamed DEI to Diversity, Justice, and Trust (or something) so republicans would say we need to get rid of DJT.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I support this euphemistic treadmill

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Euphemism elliptical machine.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have they started treating sales associates as humans with human needs, like livable wages and rest?

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They literally can't. They'll barely staying afloat in our post-capitalist society.

Think of it this way. Kohl's has around 90,000+ employees in numerous brick and mortar stores. Their sales have been plummeting quarter over quarter for the last few years as internet businesses that do the same thing that they do (clothes, make-up, and accessories) do it for a fraction of the employees. When a company of about 700 employees is able to do the same job online as brick-and-mortar store that's 100x bigger than them, money becomes consolidated in a few, instead of spread out among many.

The other issue is that buyers are shopping more online than going out to brick and mortar shops as well. It's essentially killing so many businesses.

I'm terrified of what the next 20 years are going to look like. There's going to be hundreds of thousands of people out of a job, and the wealth gap is only going to increase further and further.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s strange that Kohl’s is dying. Every time I go in there it’s full of customers with long lines at the checkout.

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Check out their quarterly earnings reports. The're revenue is decreasing by 5-10% QoQ for like the last few years. They're going to be shuttering a few dozen stores likely this year.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago
[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We only accept DEI if it's draped in the accepted verbiage?

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Not us. The people in power, and their rabble.

The rabble don't know what DEI is, only that it's on the list of things they are told to be against.

[–] Saltycracker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

What does a dei officer do in the first place? What would there day to day be ? None of my companies I was part of had them. We had very diverse staff.