I had this discussion with our diversity and inclusion leader. Suppose you have been at a company 10 years, and a promotion opportunity opens. And you know your company well, and realize there are three, qualified internal candidates. You are one of the three. So you know your competition.

But instead of interviewing the three and choosing one, your company says, "We are going to cast a wider net." And starts mining sources of diverse candidates to hire for that role.

I've a supporter of D&I. In fact, I wrote our company's first D&I plan. But even I understand if those three internal candidates hear that and think:

- You are saying that we three aren't good enough.
- The external candidates you bring in may not be as good as we are, but we have no say in the matter.
- Therefore, helping diverse candidates is hurting us as individuals, even if you can make a case that a more diverse employee pool will help the company overall in the long-term (and us three would benefit generally if true).

So I don't agree that helping others doesn't "punish" some people. And this is something I am working on trying to address in our D&I activities.
[Post edited by WestyHokie at 05/16/2019 2:47PM]