Maasa Walker

Employer Brand Manager @meta. Ex @Microsoft Storyteller. Foodie | social butterfly | networker | weightlifter | yogi

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[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Since this seems to be the most common response. let me address it.

DEI does not mean you dont hire on merit. Of course you hire based on merit

Diversity - means you expand the possible pool of candidates as widely as you can. Once you have identified the candidates, you HIRE THE PERSON YOU BELIEVE IS THE BEST.

What makes the whole " what about the players " comment ridiculous is that it's presumes that all positions are hired based on some quantitative rather than subjective version of merit. They aren't

Even choosing the best basketball player is very much a guess. Which is why the best players weren't always the first pick in the draft and some go undrafted

The reality is that most positions hired in a company don't have a quantitative metric you can use to hire someone.

How do you pick the best barista, sales assistant, marketing or salesperson, etc

More often than not it's an educated guess

So when you see a company like @ibm say they want to add x percent more PoC or women or whatever group, they already know that the majority of positions they hire for don't have metrics for picking the best .

As @elonmusk said "if merit for a job is roughly the same, then the tie reaker should be diversity (of all kinds)"

Which is exactly what well managed companies choose to do

DEI also does not mean you can't fire someone if you made a mistake.

Of course you can.
I'm a big believer in hire slow, fire fast. If it's the wrong person. Fire them.

Finally. Let me address the thought that I'm "virtue signaling".

I wrote this on @x because I knew very well that almost everyone on here would disagree with me. I don't virtue signal. I want people to challenge my positions. I want to have engaging discussions that help me learn.

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@koricarew @stavziv following - what is a clip?

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We just shared our plans to help protect the US midterm elections. We have hundreds of people across more than 40 teams working on this, and we invested more than $5 billion in safety and security last year alone. Our efforts include:

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How cool! Qatar University, along with 10 other US based universities will be offering metaverse experience in the fall of 2022. https://t.co/yLrDa6U6oA

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Aparna Ramani, VP Engineering at Meta, shares her thoughts on leading an organization, qualities that are critical for today’s leaders, and being a woman leader in tech. #MetaCareers https://t.co/daC7xRk7q5

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Take a sneak peek into our next-gen AR/VR headset, Project Cambria 👀🔥🤓 #metaverse #arvr https://t.co/UPVThSQTAr

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From my angle. @KING5Seattle @SeattlePD @komonews @MayorJenny

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Just wanted to let you know I saw this with my very own eyes. The protesters were peaceful and the @SeattlePD BEELINED to a black woman (no one else) and she did absolutely NOTHING. I'm in shock/disbelief that this is happening on MY BLOCK in my neighborhood.

[get your bacon off the table @boom_womb]

Completely BS arrest/abduction of a Black woman this morning. SPD shoved another white cyclist and I out of the way in order to violently arrest her for a fabricated felony charge. This was premeditated and 100% not about blocking traffic. #SeattleProtests #SeattleProtestComms

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@LVServices looking to get on the waitlist for either MULTI POCHETTE ACCESSOIRES or FAVORITE MM - lmk how I can do that!

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Joint Industry Statement from @Facebook, @google, @LinkedIn, @Microsoft, @reddit, @Twitter and @YouTube
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🚨 THE @SEAHAWKS JUST DID @NSYNC'S BYE BYE BYE DANCE THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨

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@shonadelie @donasarkar Two of my fav ppl ❤️❤️❤️