Economy Blackrock laying off employees from ESG division while abandoning ESG/DEI narrative's amid $4 Billion Losses

I always thought the ESG and DEI initiatives from Blackrock was a bit conspiratorial. But not sure now.

I mean isn't their primary motive profit regardless of any morals?

Did they perhaps think forcing woke politics into for profit companies was going to make them MORE profitable? IDK TBH - I mean there are some pretty smart people working there.
I'd imagine they did think it would be profitable. These guys only look at people as statistics. All the little details don't matter. They think forced diversity will expand their influence globally.
 
Just for fun... Here was my first project ever... in 98'. I was in Vernal, UT for three years.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/UhEFVoVnXjNC4VhM9

Had an amazing time. Got to fish Flaming Gorge and the Green River all the time. Meet several softball fanatics, including some incredible ball smashers from the Uintah Indian Reservation nearby. Those dudes could play... We would travel all over for tourneys. Bought my first house, a duplex... rented the other side. lol... Almost got married, but we split when the project was over and she decided she didn't want to go with me back home to Denver. She's still there, never left. I went to do project all over the place.

Even to got to meet polygamists for the first time. Take what you know about them and trash it. Yes, the higher ups in the cult get multiple wives, but the average dudes in this cult get none. They're just peons. There were three poor bastards from a compound just outside of St George. They all piled into a one bedroom apartment. They all slept on the floor. Socially awkward as fuck. Wore long sleeve flannels with their undergarments, even in the 100 degree Utah desert heat.

They spent hardly any money and sent it all back home to compound. Tell you what though... They were the hardest working white guys I've ever met in construction. The heat never even phased them. Never complained... I mean fuck.. They never hardly said anything unless you talked to them first. Almost seemed autistic.

Good times...
Lol, never had the opportunity to meet a polygamist but lds dudes have always been cool on my book. The two I have worked with claimed to have been excommunicated for not tithing but I always suspected it was the drinking...
 
I'd imagine they did think it would be profitable. These guys only look at people as statistics. All the little details don't matter. They think forced diversity will expand their influence globally.

There's a conspiracy theory that they're doing it so that company's stock prices plummet and then they can scoop up shares on the cheap.

Either that or there were some really boneheaded decisions being made. Massive miscalculation or some hidden motive. Not sure. Blackrock in the past did some really shady shit purely for profit.
 
black women are ~6% of the population and they want them representing 50% of pilots? how's that mathematically possible? somone with a PHD in woke do the math for me.
I seen a black female dentist trying to encourage blacks to become dentists (which is great). Apparently only 3% of dentists are black when they make up 13% of the population. I find it funny that in TV commercials almost 100% of fake tv dentists (crest commercials etc) are black women.

So weird now that advertising uses the most unlikely people to represent a majority. For example luxury car commercials being filled with the least likely to afford or purchase them demographic as the faces of the commercials.
 
I seen a black female dentist trying to encourage blacks to become dentists (which is great). Apparently only 3% of dentists are black when they make up 13% of the population. I find it funny that in TV commercials almost 100% of fake tv dentists (crest commercials etc) are black women.

So weird now that advertising uses the most unlikely people to represent a majority. For example luxury car commercials being filled with the least likely to afford or purchase them demographic as the faces of the commercials.
I generally thinks that's the point with commercials and not some dei conspiracy, they use unlikely people and couples to make sure you pay attention
 
Flashback Video - Larry Fink - CEO of Blackrock - Explaining how Blackrock uses its massive financial influence to "Force Behaviors" (for ESG/DEI) from Corporations






Investments in trendy 'ESG' assets collapsed by $5 trillion in just two years,​

Global investments in trendy sustainability assets shrank by nearly $5 trillion over two years, researchers say, as US and other financiers soured on investments seen as risky and opaque.

In its biannual assessment, the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) said on Wednesday that investors had $30.3 trillion in sustainable assets in 2022, down from $35.3 trillion in 2020.


In the US, where Republicans have railed against ESG funds, which push for environmental, social, and governance benefits, such assets plunged from more than $17 trillion to just $8.4 trillion over the same period.


Not terribly shocking... As using ESG as a base of investment strategy is complete retarded.

The latest Prime example is Boeing's ongoing saga. Boeing's 737 Max has turned into a giant clusterfuck of multiple issues. Maybe its coincidence?



Boeing's ongoing 737 MAX crisis​

CTOBER 2018: A Lion Air MAX plane crashes in Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board.

NOVEMBER 2018: The FAA and Boeing say they are evaluating the need for software or design changes to 737 MAX jets following the Lion Air crash.

MARCH 2019: An Ethiopian Airlines MAX crashes, killing all 157 people on board. China's aviation regulator becomes the first in the world to ground the MAX, followed by others including the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

APRIL 2019: The FAA forms an international team to review the safety of the 737 MAX. Boeing cuts monthly production by nearly 20%.

JULY 2019: Boeing posts its largest-ever quarterly loss.

SEPTEMBER 2019: Boeing's board of directors creates a permanent safety committee to oversee development, manufacturing and operation of its aircraft.

OCTOBER 2019: Boeing fires Kevin McAllister, the top executive of its commercial airplanes division.

DECEMBER 2020: The company fires CEO Dennis Muilenburg in the wake of the twin crashes.

JANUARY 2020: Boeing suspends 737 production, its biggest assembly-line halt in more than 20 years.

MAY 2020: Boeing resumes 737 MAX production at a "low rate."

JUNE 2020: Boeing begins a series of long-delayed flight tests of its redesigned 737 MAX with regulators at the controls.

SEPTEMBER 2020: An 18-month investigation by a U.S. House of Representatives panel finds Boeing failed in its design and development of the MAX as well as its transparency with the FAA, and that the FAA failed in oversight and certification.

NOVEMBER 2020: The U.S. FAA lifts the grounding order, allowing the 737 MAX to fly again.

DECEMBER 2020: Congress passes legislation to reform how the FAA certifies new airplanes, including requiring manufacturers to disclose certain safety-critical information to the FAA.

JANUARY 2021: The European Union Aviation Safety Agency approves the MAX's return to service in Europe.

MARCH 2021: China's aviation regulator says major safety concerns with the MAX needed to be "properly addressed" before conducting flight tests.

APRIL 2021: Boeing halts 737 MAX deliveries after electrical problems re-ground part of the fleet.

NOVEMBER 2021: Current and former Boeing company directors reach a $237.5 million settlement with shareholders to settle lawsuits over safety oversight of the 737 MAX.

OCTOBER 2022: The FAA tells Boeing that some key documents submitted as part of the certification review of the 737 MAX 7 are incomplete and others need a reassessment.

DECEMBER 2022: Congress agrees to extend a deadline for new standards for modern cockpit alerts stemming from the 2020 legislation after intense lobbying from Boeing.

APRIL 2023: Boeing pauses deliveries of some 737 MAXs to deal with a new supplier quality problem involving noncompliant fittings.

JULY 2023: Boeing's first delivery of the 737 MAX 7 is delayed to 2024.

AUGUST 2023: Boeing identifies a new 737 MAX supplier quality problem involving improperly drilled holes on the aft pressure bulkhead.

SEPTEMBER 2023: Boeing 737 MAX deliveries fall to their lowest levels since August 2021.

DECEMBER 2023: Boeing makes its first direct delivery of a 787 Dreamliner to China since 2019, seen as a precursor to China potentially unfreezing deliveries of the 737 MAX.

JANUARY 2024: An Alaskan Air flight is forced to conduct an emergency landing after a cabin panel blowout on a brand-new 737 MAX 9 plane. The U.S. FAA grounds certain 737 MAX 9 aircraft for safety checks.


But hey... Boeing's focus on DEI is completely on point.

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Fail to comment on 2 different occasions.

It's okay to be a racist- it is not a problem with me, but at least try to make logical claims. Shit OP.
 
The problem I see in this thread is there are posters trying to claim companies are hiring people that aren’t qualified for these position simply because they come from one of the DEI demographics.
They are all incompetent. If they weren't incompetent, they wouldn't be hired based on race or gender instead of meritocracy.
 
Lol, never had the opportunity to meet a polygamist but lds dudes have always been cool on my book. The two I have worked with claimed to have been excommunicated for not tithing but I always suspected it was the drinking...

lol... They're called Jack Mormons. Lots of mormons drink in secret.

If you go directly West out of Salt Lake, you'll hit Wendover, Nevada... I ran into a ton of them there. When I lived in Vernal, Rock Springs Wy was about 90 minute north on I-80. Had one of the sketchiest strip clubs you've ever seen and girls that still looked like 3's at 2am... even after 4-5 shots of tequila. I felt bad for them... lol. My "Mormon" friends would always come up there for softball tourneys.

Once you get out of downtown Salt Lake or Provo, you can't really tell mormons from other people. They tend to be just average and not strict, unless they're heavily involved with the Temple.

I have a tragic tale of friend of mine who was the son of the Bishop for the Vernal LDS Temple....

Short story - He worked in the Real Estate firm with his family in Vernal. He's the one who helped me buy the duplex.

He was a heavy drinker. He'd come over to my place with a 12 pack randomly and offer to share. I'd have one or two and he'd drink the rest. (Before cellphones were a thing), His wife would sometimes call me asking if he was there or if I knew were he was. She was big in the church and didn't approve of the drinking. I tried talking to him about it but he'd always insist there wasn't a problem.

Several years later after I moved away... I heard his wife kicked him out and his Bishop father booted him from the Temple. Then I got a call from a mutual friend in Vernal. I guess this guy had drunk himself into a stupor at a hotel in St George. Passed out and then choked to death on the vomit.

I couldn't help but think that he was a victim of non-tolerant attitude... Then again, I'm sure his family had been trying for years to unsuccessfully help him.

God lord... Just looked him up on a whim. His Linked In page is still up and just read his Obituary. Sad...

I guess it was still long story
 
Define work.
Well, seems like there is a lot of misconceptions about DEI programs. It isn’t just, hey, let’s hire some colored folk and we are done. A lot of it is education, training, policy review. Diverse opinions can have a positive effect on business and company culture.

Unconscious bias is a real thing. People like to use the argument that this leads to not hiring the most qualified person. How do we know we were hiring the most qualified or best person?

DEI programs train leaders to understand these concepts so that decisions during hiring are made with these in mind.
 
I always thought the ESG and DEI initiatives from Blackrock was a bit conspiratorial. But not sure now.

I mean isn't their primary motive profit regardless of any morals?

Did they perhaps think forcing woke politics into for profit companies was going to make them MORE profitable? IDK TBH - I mean there are some pretty smart people working there.

That's definitely the baffling part.

But Blackrock was able to bulldoze ahead because so much of their funding was coming from Government Retirement Funds... So there wasn't much worry that investors might pull out... and money just keeps coming in.

It seems their shift on strategy away from ESG valuations came from two quarters

- Failure to perform of companies focused on ESG/DEI and dropping fund values (almost 30% drop over two years)
- Red State Governments pulling retirement funds from Blackrock and utilizing other firms. $5 Trillion losses on investment for Blackrock/Vangaurd/State Street, the big three pushing the ESG Scores as part of valuation.

Its crazy the numbers that are thrown around with these investment firms.
 
Well, seems like there is a lot of misconceptions about DEI programs. It isn’t just, hey, let’s hire some colored folk and we are done. A lot of it is education, training, policy review. Diverse opinions can have a positive effect on business and company culture.

Unconscious bias is a real thing. People like to use the argument that this leads to not hiring the most qualified person. How do we know we were hiring the most qualified or best person?

DEI programs train leaders to understand these concepts so that decisions during hiring are made with these in mind.



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What the fuck do you think enforcing DEI quotas mean?
 
Well, seems like there is a lot of misconceptions about DEI programs. It isn’t just, hey, let’s hire some colored folk and we are done. A lot of it is education, training, policy review. Diverse opinions can have a positive effect on business and company culture.

Unconscious bias is a real thing. People like to use the argument that this leads to not hiring the most qualified person. How do we know we were hiring the most qualified or best person?

DEI programs train leaders to understand these concepts so that decisions during hiring are made with these in mind.

And blackrock is abandoning it.
 
with the maturity of your program, you will see a more balanced representation of the area you are located in. Because some people don’t do it correctly, doesn’t mean that the need and benefits aren’t there.

Certain populations always thought they were the best candidate for the job, because the interviewers were also from that population. It’s tough to hear, but they probably weren’t always the best candidate.
 
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