Diversity and inclusion policies triggered a "mass exodus" of employees from a Whitehall watchdog, a former employee has told GB News.
The National Audit Office (NAO) is responsible for the oversight of public spending across Government departments and agencies, including the BBC and the NHS.
The murder of George Floyd in 2020 sparked a global wave of DEI policies in the workplace, leading to employers hiring according to race, gender, sexuality and religion in a bid to have a more "inclusive" workforce, including at the NAO.
However, the introduction of the new policies whipped up resentment and anger from employees while their seniors hired "diversity box-tickers" who were at odds with their new jobs, a whistleblower has told The People's Channel.
The whistleblower, who wished to remain anonymous due to mistrust of the NAO, worked at the institution when the DEI policies were introduced.
"It just sort of went into complete overdrive," the employee admitted. "And they had such a huge overreaction to this, and they seemed very captured and obsessed. I was astonished.
"It was quite a bizarre thing to witness and see and hear about and experience."
The insider source also said it was "insulting" to the diversity hires, claiming they knew they were "just there to bump up their quotas and make them look inclusive".
The whistleblower recounted that a diversity hire was brought into their team, where he subsequently found difficulty with the auditing job.
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