A former Lockheed Martin employee alleges the defense contractor prioritized race over merit in bonus allocations. He claims superiors instructed him to revise bonus lists to include more minorities, even at the expense of higher-performing white employees. Lockheed Martin denies the allegations, asserting its commitment to meritocracy and fairness.
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A former Lockheed Martin employee has claimed that America’s largest defence contractor awarded bonuses based on employees’ race rather than their job performance, reports the City Journal.The act was described as an unethical and potentially illegal practice.The whistleblower, who worked in Lockheed’s aeronautics division, alleged that in late 2022 he was instructed by senior officials to revise the list of employees eligible for year-end bonus payments after it was deemed to contain “too many white employees.” The revised list was expected to include more minorities, regardless of their performance.According to internal emails seen by the source, Lockheed executive Santiago Bulnes contacted the whistleblower following a complaint from the company’s human resources director, La Wanda Moorer. Bulnes wrote, “I got a call from [human resources director] La Wanda [Moorer] last night regarding diversity stats on comp adder. They took a run at getting your few approved and we’re told that we need to fit in the box. I asked her to send you the list of diversity names to simplify the task of finding the best in the group.”...
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