Zoom Cuts DEI Team as Companies Retreat on Diversity Initiatives

Zoom Video Communications Inc. fired a team of workers focused on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives as part of its recent round of job cuts, making it the latest company to change course on DEI efforts.

The company will instead work with external consultants to engage “all of our employees” with a focus on “inclusion,” Chief Operating Officer Aparna Bawa wrote to staff last week. She said Zoom needed to change its approach to DEI, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News, adding that some work will still be done by internal staff.

Zoom was among a slew ...