That sucks to hear that. At this point, you can be 1000xs more qualified and still get passed over. Hopefully he gets something good soon. People keep talking about the economy and why businesses are failing, yet they refuse to ignore the elephant in the room. The reason so many national changes are failing is self inflicted. I made most of my money through working through the government and made myself unfireable due to skill set and training. Yet I still have been passed over for one promotion. However, that was a good Ole boy (which are just as bad) and not a DEI promotion. However, the company sees who has the better team and has the higher morale.
They want me to train up for the next promotion and I said "Nah", I can medically retire in a year. Screw them.