Satya Nadella—Removed DEI from Microsoft performance reviews, discontinued diversity report
Microsoft under Satya Nadella removed diversity and inclusion from employee performance evaluations (ending a 5-year practice), laid off the DEI team in July 2024, and discontinued the annual diversity report in 2025. This reversed Nadella's 2020 pledge of $150M for D&I and a commitment to double Black senior leadership by 2025.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEI Programs | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.443 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)× agency (reactive ×0.75)
Evidence (1 signal)
Removed DEI from Microsoft performance reviews, discontinued diversity report
Microsoft under Satya Nadella removed diversity and inclusion from employee performance evaluations (ending a 5-year practice), laid off the DEI team in July 2024, and discontinued the annual diversity report in 2025. This reversed Nadella's 2020 pledge of $150M for D&I and a commitment to double Black senior leadership by 2025.