{"id":1483742,"date":"2022-05-19T07:47:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1483742"},"modified":"2022-05-19T07:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:48:56","slug":"progressive-corporation-ceo-defends-hiring-based-on-race-and-gender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-corporation-ceo-defends-hiring-based-on-race-and-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Corporation CEO Defends Hiring Based on Race and Gender"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprogressive-corporation-ceo-defends-hiring-based-on-race-and-gender%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1483742&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>he Progressive Corporation lived up to its name, defending its practice of hiring based on race and gender on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>When the company&#8217;s board was asked by conservative <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/activist-group-in-south-korea-floats-leaflets-to-north-korea-breaking-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">activist<\/a> Ethan Peck why Progressive prioritizes \u201cskin color and reproductive organs\u201d when hiring employees and how it \u201ccould justify valuing surface characteristics over merit,\u201d CEO Tricia Griffith responded that Progressive&#8217;s commitment to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/white-house-defends-not-naming-commentators-accused-of-replacement-theory-talk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diversity<\/a>, equity, and inclusion is &#8220;an important part&#8221; of its growth and &#8220;just the right thing to do,\u201d <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/may\/17\/progressive-ceo-defends-racial-and-gender-based-hi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the <i>Washington Times<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can\u2019t put yourself in the shoes of somebody else if you don\u2019t have a representative organization that represents the country as a whole,\u201d Griffith said during the company&#8217;s annual shareholder meeting. \u201cYou could never know what it feels like to be a female, [and] I could never feel what it feels like to be a male, so we need to represent everyone.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/schumer-asks-fox-to-stop-reckless-amplification-of-great-replacement-theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCHUMER ASKS FOX TO STOP &#8216;RECKLESS AMPLIFICATION&#8217; OF GREAT REPLACEMENT THEORY<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Progressive has embraced \u201cwoke\u201d identity politics in its <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/improving-legal-tender-status-for-cryptocurrency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business<\/a> model and has &#8220;an incredibly regressive and divisive world view,&#8221; Peck said after the meeting ended. <\/p>\n<p>A total of 56% of Progressive employees are women, with 60% of the company&#8217;s new hires also being women, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressive.com\/about\/diversity-and-inclusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the company reported<\/a> in December 2020. The company plans to double its representation of people of color in its senior leadership by the end of 2025. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Progressive has not yet responded to the <i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Washington Examiner&#8217;s<\/a><\/i> request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Progressive Corporation lived up to its name, defending its practice of hiring based on race and gender on Tuesday. 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