Diversity and quota bullshit will degrade performance no matter how you slice it. It could literally be by hair color and it'll still happen. Because you want the best people for the job, but now you have to take the best people from a super limited pool of "qualified" diversity hires (and other companies are also trying to draw from the same well).
So what you end up with is paying a premium for mediocre candidates just to fill the quota. The best of a subgroup may not be the best overall.
Also - the person you hired because he has the correct hair color - KNOWS that was why he was hired. He will be planning his lawsuit against the company from day 1 as insurance.
And every one of his coworkers knows why he was hired and can also see him manufacturing grievances and label him a “walking lawsuit”.
Diversity and quota bullshit will degrade performance no matter how you slice it. It could literally be by hair color and it'll still happen. Because you want the best people for the job, but now you have to take the best people from a super limited pool of "qualified" diversity hires (and other companies are also trying to draw from the same well).
So what you end up with is paying a premium for mediocre candidates just to fill the quota. The best of a subgroup may not be the best overall.
Also - the person you hired because he has the correct hair color - KNOWS that was why he was hired. He will be planning his lawsuit against the company from day 1 as insurance.
And every one of his coworkers knows why he was hired and can also see him manufacturing grievances and label him a “walking lawsuit”.