Had a really refreshing moment at work yesterday.

We were discussing results of an overall company employee feedback survey, and one of the issues brought up was that a "left" leaning culture was pushed / too dominant. Also, that DEI metrics were too much about physical attributes and not perspectives or ways of thinking.

I didn't expect any of my colleagues to have this view, let alone speak up about it. I made sure that I openly agreed just to reinforce that this was a more widely held and acceptable position.

I think the DEI stuff is fundamentally flawed (unfixable) and useless/harmful, but good to see the seeds of dissent in a typically progressive group of people (London tech).