If you think people are only being inclusive and non-inflammatory to not get fired, I think maybe you simply just don't understand that some people are genuinely caring and empathetic.
It's bizarre to me that strong sapir-wharf seems to be the dominant thought in 2022.
You probably generally care but if you didn't it would be foolish and perhaps costly to not play the game. Your situation re-enforces the need to.
I don't think "folx" is going to be one of the recommendations, it isn't synonymous with folks anyway, so the replacement would be rarely make sense unless you were explicitly talking about particular queer or marginalized communities.
It's a class thing. Which is why it sounds forced when a CEO who doesn't have a preexisting american accent of some sort says it.
As a Texan it sounds jarring and wrong when said by a non-Southerner. A bit like a lily white person suddenly dropping into AAVE. It's just cringe-inducing and I would like people who do it as an affectation (rather than something they grew up saying) to not do it.