Deloitte tells US staff working on government contracts to ditch pronouns from emails

Consultancy becomes latest firm to change practices amid Donald Trump’s anti-diversity drive

Deloitte US has instructed staff working on contracts for the American government to remove pronouns from their emails, becoming the latest company to redraw policies in the face of Donald Trump’s anti-diversity drive.

The consultancy and accounting giant reportedly gave contracted staff until 7 February to scrub pronouns from email signatures, while also announcing it would end its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programme.

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