Another day in 2020 brings with it another headline destined to spark double-takes:
Chevron diversity ratio to improve as layoffs progress https://t.co/cLKEVv7pFj pic.twitter.com/ycV8Q3SuML
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 24, 2020
“Human energy” — just less of it?
More:
Oil major Chevron Corp (CVX.N) expects to reduce the dominance of white males in company management during cost-cutting this year, upping the share of senior level jobs held by women and ethnic minorities to 44% from 38% last year, the company said in a statement.
Like most of its peers in an industry struggling with the collapse of oil prices this year, Chevron is cutting spending, consolidating business units, and has asked some managers to reapply for their jobs.
Maybe this is another way to look at what’s going on:
Woke austerity.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 24, 2020
Perhaps that should be the company’s new tagline.
Fiscal conservative. Social liberal. https://t.co/gCX3oYU3Zj
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) July 25, 2020
"Oil major Chevron Corp expects to reduce the dominance of white males in company management during cost-cutting this year."
Congrats to Chevron comms on this one. ? https://t.co/wJd4RVbVld
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) July 24, 2020
Companies are just laying off white people now. Nothing says you're against racism quite like firing people for their skin color! https://t.co/wIctpqvyap
— Liberty Hangout (@LibertyHangout) July 24, 2020
Chevron: "We're firing whitey!" https://t.co/IhFJw7lPoC
— Crapplefratz – The Hipster Wookie (@Crapplefratz) July 24, 2020
Diversity by attrition. Interesting strategy. Not sure about putting it writing and tweeting it, though.
— Dominius (@usapapro) July 24, 2020
'Human Energy' sounds like The Matrix.
— Myles Standish's 10th GGS (@PaulGiandomeni1) July 25, 2020
Sort of Racist. https://t.co/fRixSogTIg
— Thaddeus Preston (@nickwaye) July 25, 2020
Haha holy shit this tweet is from a purely dystopian timeline.
— Mac Smith (@MacSmithArt) July 24, 2020
Reuters is so PC that the reporter either cannot even imagine that there are dissenting views to report or he/she is just too scared to
— Miles Edelsten (@strewther) July 25, 2020
2020 in one headline https://t.co/EQTSi0991r
— ArmedEsquire (@ArmedEsquire) July 25, 2020
And there’s still plenty of time left in the year.
