I'm super skeptical of this article, particularly the inclusion of the phrase "DEI purge", which I cannot find attributed to a single quote in the article. There's a memo from CHRO Nickle LaMoreaux that is quoted from, but not linked to, and the memo itself seems like a pretty anodyne statement that doesn't allude to any "DEI purge" or even DEI related firings, even if it is hypocritical[1].
1: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nickle-lamoreaux_dei-diversit...
There's a whole section of the article titled "DEI'ing inside" where they explain some tactics that fit the bill. Of course nobody said the phrase "DEI purge", that's the author summarizing it for a headline. I'm not really taking a stand on whether it's accurate or click/rage-bait, just saying this is standard writing style to summarize things into themes and it appears they have the content to back it up in the article, it shouldn't need to be a direct quote.
No, it's misleading:
> IBM orders US sales to locate near customers, RTO for cloud staff, DEI purge
Because the rest of the items in the headline are labor related, the implication is that "DEI" is getting fired, whatever that means. People in this comment section who did not read TFA are commenting on "DEI" firings, even though there's nothing in TFA about that. It's a little worse than clickbait IMO.
> related, the implication is that "DEI" is getting fired,
No. the implication is that DEI policies are being watered down or removed
I accept your interpretation and disagree.
Respectfully, I disagree. I immediately thought they were firing all DEI related people just like the entire federal government.
Also:
Purge: remove (a group of people considered undesirable) from an organization or place in an abrupt or violent way.