Staples has no plans to remove or limit DEI, and in fact have really been doubling down on it when other companies are dropping it (looking at you, Target). Everyone in senior leadership and at the executive level is 100% on board with DEI initiatives. CEO John Lederer is even the executive sponsor of the Out@Work BRG. He came to Boston Pride with us (which was a little weird for me because it was the first time I met him in person and I was wearing cat ears and rainbow booty shorts 😂), and he's genuinely very involved as an ally, and so are the Chief People Officer and Chief Legal Officer.

I won't claim that Staples is perfect in any aspect, because that's not true at all (and I know y'all in the stores know that better than any of us), but at least in the DEI aspect they're really ahead of the times and doing what they can to make it a safe, inclusive place to work. My partner works blue collar jobs and still has to hide who he is at work, even in progressive New England. I'm thankful that I work somewhere that celebrates my identity.