SXSW 2025

Bye Bye DEI? Will Companies Still Care in 2025?

Description:

From uncertain economic times and affirmative action to a heightened geo-politically fueled environment, companies are cutting back on DEI initiatives as quickly as they were implemented in 2020,. This panel brings together diverse perspectives on DEI — or lack of it.

Other Resources / Information

Payscale 2024 Gender Pay Gap: https://www.payscale.com/research-and-insights/gender-pay-gap/
I hate it here podcast by Hebba Youssef: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hate-it-here/id1666309191

Takeaways

  1. Research shows having a diverse workforce creates stronger performance, how will performance dip or rise with the disincentivize of DEI initiatives?
  2. In 2020 companies were targeted for not having DEI initiatives, and now today, they’re being targeted for having them; what is the future of DEI?
  3. Year-over-year, we’ve seen positive strides in closing the female racial gender pay gap; how will this be impacted moving forward?

Speakers

  • Cloey Callahan, Senior Reporter, WorkLife, Digiday Media
  • Lulu Seikaly, Senior Employment Counsel, Payscale
  • Hebba Youssef, Chief People Officer and Writer, Workweek

Organizer

Malory Knutson, Senior Account Executive, Codeword

Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: Workplace
  • Track 2
  • Level: Beginner
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