Unpopular question: How did DEI help you get a job or keep one?
IMPORTANT:
Real quick, I'm saying the following because I really want to know what I missed.
____
So I think I missed something because since the USA changed last month. I've heard jack about DEI around us, and now every few weeks some post comes up about the removal of it hurts us.
I've struggled to an extreme and completely failed to get a job. I applied at some places in the gov and other things with "yes" I'm disabled, some no. Getting interviews was extremely painful and I had multiple professional resume services help me. And when getting the interview, it was quickly a no.
I am a white male and currently in my mid 30s. I look around left and right, and others were in the exact same situation. Male, not male, any race, etc. Basically if you didn't have contacts or raw luck. Then it was impossible. And even when someone got it, it was impossible to keep. Even if on paper the person was highly qualified for the job.
How does someone even get hired under DEI?
Like I know this boat has sailed. But how was it even possible to start with?
Again, this is a serious question.
Was there some DEI portal we should be applying under?
At one point I had up to 2k job applications going out a year. There is some people that are autistic that had more. I stopped counting when my spreadsheet got over 10k jobs.
I'm not sure how DEI is any different than the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which is a complete joke. There is a large number of stories with us losing jobs or not being able to get one that proves EEOC is a joke. And note we are "protected" under the EEOC.
Important:
DEI in the USA has been around in some way since the 1960s. But realistically, it really started during in 2011. So 14 years ago.
The numbers hasn't really improved, but that could be we didn't apply right or do something right for it to work.
I know it is meant to put groups on a level playing field. But 14 years is more than enough time to have some real results.
What is the tangible results it helps autistic people?
This isn't to start arguments. This is a serious talk on this. Because based on how hard it is being pushed. I feel like I'm missing something. It being many of us somehow fucked up hard in applying, and we should've been doing something that would've massively helped. Or this is yet another thing that says it helps but doesn't show results. Which is it and what is the tangible evidence to back it up?