Kohl's changes DEI officer title, broadens supplier diversity program | Reuters

2 years ago by flyingjake to c/maliciouscompliance

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

SaltSong 63 points 2 years ago

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

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spooky2092 18 points 2 years ago

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.

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SaltSong 2 points 2 years ago

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

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navi 37 points 2 years ago

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

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NOT_RICK 22 points 2 years ago

I support this euphemistic treadmill

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spankmonkey 10 points 2 years ago

Euphemism elliptical machine.

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Maeve 15 points 2 years ago

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

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Alteon 5 points 2 years ago

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.

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reddig33 5 points 2 years ago

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.

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Alteon 5 points 2 years 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.

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Maeve 1 point 2 years ago

Lol!

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Tikiporch 3 points 2 years ago

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

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SaltSong 4 points 2 years 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.

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Saltycracker 2 points 2 years 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.

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