Where is the DEIA? Where are the leaders? - Project Manager DAI Employee Review

In the post 2020 world, development companies like DAI have jumped at the opportunity to profess their unwavering commitment diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. Yet I have never worked at a company that so shamelessly and unapologetically stymied opportunities for people of color, particularly black women. And let's not talk about black men, because there were so few. So many of us had to watch people who came in with little experience climb and climb, while DAI leadership was intentional about placing road blocks in front of us to ensure that we knew our place. With such surgical precision. When you leave DAI and other employers realize your value and treat you as a person, it's as if you've been in an abusive relationship for so long, but rationalized all of the red flags. When new employers give you a seat at the table, you have to question your worthiness. And then your finally realize your value and think, "why shouldn't other companies value me?" It's the "DAI in your head" effect. When I see DAI's current performative proclamations to DEIA right now, I have serious questions. Working at DAI was the worst professional opportunity on my journey.