That’s a very good example of confirmation bias. I’m not saying that those workers weren’t a problem, but I am definitely saying you pointing out that they were “DEI hires” is confirmation of existing biases.

If you hired bad workers, that’s the company’s fault. DEI doesn’t mean “hire any minority person”. DEI means don’t skip hiring someone because they’re a minority. It means when you find a qualified candidate, you should hire them, even if they’re black or a woman, for example. I’m sorry that your company seemed to misunderstand this. It’s a pretty common misconception, because conservatives want people to believe that DEI initiatives are something that they’re not. They want white men to believe that DEI initiatives are “taking away their jobs”.

And just because someone is a white straight cis man doesn’t mean they’ll be a good worker. The majority of shitty workers I’ve seen were white straight cis men. That’s probably because the majority of workers I’ve seen were white straight cis men, and that’s how statistics works.