Summary
Federal employees at multiple agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from email signatures by Friday, following executive orders signed by Donald Trump to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
Agencies including the CDC, Department of Transportation, and Department of Energy issued directives citing the new policy.
Some employees expressed frustration, with one CDC worker calling it unprecedented.
The Office of Personnel Management also instructed agencies to disable pronoun prompts in email systems, marking another step in Trump’s broader rollback of DEI initiatives.
Trump likely doesn’t know what an email signature is, let alone would have thought of this. This and things like it are the work of the real powers within trump’s orbit. They get this stuff done while everyone is distracted with the diarreah leaking from trump’s mouth.
I’d say this is the distraction for the real damage.
Probably Elon’s henchmen taking over OPM, or something else that hasn’t bubbled up yet.
You mean to tell me the US government doesn’t have a system that controls employee signatures? Are they running Windows NT still???
-Luci (She/Her)
Federal employee here. We have to make our own email signatures. I have not been told to remove pronouns by an official channel, but I have already removed pronouns and switched to having Ms. infront of my name, cause it has the same effect and the administration is too stupid to know that.
flashpanda has used two pronouns, “I” and “We”. Please remove these pronouns by the end of the day.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/pronouns-personal-i-me-you-him-it-they-etc
Pronouns should be used at the discretion of the individual. They should be able to choose who receives them, how it’s relayed, and what the pronouns will be. They should be able to change them whenever they want.
Putting this into a database such as active directory isn’t simple when it has requirements that I’ve stated.
It’s sometimes easier to just let the individual maintain their own signature.
We use a third party tool and a custom schema. Users can use a simple agent to update pronouns or make other adjustments like display their direct line. Works great, AD is still the source of truth.
Oh, no. No, no no. It’s much worse than that.
Hell if they were still on NT we’d be safer.
Lol, we on Citrix cant even set a signature anymore cuz outlook is screwed up
How the fuck am I supposed to know if I should treat someone poorly if I can’t tell if they’re a female because they’ve got a unisex name like Rory or Casey or Robin?
/s
BlameThePeacock cannot use such language! BlameThePeacock used the word “I”, which is a pronoun. BlameThePeacock has until the end of the day to remove the offensive word “I” from all emails.
Other words that must be removed include “You”, “Me”, “It”.
Please refer to this article for a complete list of all offensive words…
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/pronouns-personal-i-me-you-him-it-they-etc
BlameThePeacock used the word “I”, which is a pronoun.
As is “which”.
Oh shit, you’re right!
Well fuck, I didn’t like this job anyways, I’ll see myself out now…
Oh, thank god they’re focusing on the important things… /s
Anything to distract from the plane crash they caused and plans to indefinitely hold citizens and people who missed a court date in an expanded Cuban military black site the public never wanted built on the first place
Is this so he can attack the dwarves?
Freeeeeheeeeeedooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm
I too just recently watched Braveheart
Maybe they’ll finally pick something important to work on tomorrow. Probably not, but maybe. We still have other issues right? I heard a couple of planes fell out of the sky and eggs are $10 and the ice caps are gonna melt.
Move from signature to from line lol
The federal agency I work with does put them next to your name if you have them registered. Curious how long that lasts.
The party of Freezed Peach! Can’t you just smell the freedom?
Also, I’m sure it’s THIS that will give us cheap groceries.
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This should be what people do.
That’ll bring down the cost of living fs
Please use my full, christian, and satanic name when referring to me.
So much for ending emails with a simple “thank you” at the end. Damn offensive pronouns.
I’m sure they’re doing something else awful behind the scenes and this is just a distraction for that.
This is so they can build in an excuse to fire everyone in IT.
