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Re: Google kills diversity hiring targets

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Post by krunck »

kepler1 wrote: post #7

This is pretty much the first half of the article (until the archive.is link starts working): "Google is eliminating its goal of hiring more employees from historically underrepresented groups and reviewing some diversity, equity and inclusion programs, joining other tech giants rethinking their approach to DEI. In an email to employees Wednesday, Google said it would no longer set hiring targets to improve represent…

"but in the future we will no longer have aspirational goals"

Except making more money with US government and military contracts.

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Post by like_any_other »

Well, they've already achieved diversity, haven't they? Whites were already under-represented at Google (and at 18/23 tech companies) back in 2017 [1]. If they've rolled over for anyone, it was for the Asian lobby, who is over-represented at 23/23 of those tech companies, and now won't be facing DEI pressures to reduce their numbers.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20250127210140/https://informati...

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Post by aurareturn »

If you zoom out far enough, all these companies are making business decisions - not emotional ones. They have to kiss Trump's ring and bend the knee for Elon in order to not get destroyed. When they had DEI, it was created for business reason too - to be seen as socially just so you should buy their products. Now Google thinks it's better for business if they fall in line with what Trump wants.

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Post by aurareturn »

Ozarkian wrote: post #8
kepler1 wrote: post #3

James Damore must be rolling in his grave

He reached some kind of settlement with Google. I have no idea how much Google paid, but my suspicion is that James had the last laugh.

I remember reading his memo and agreed with many things he said. I think the public overreacted. He was right that DEI ignore the hard questions and discriminates another group.

I'm no Trump lover. However, I do think DEI was the wrong approach.

Many here work in tech. I'm sure some or many of us here have silently experienced unfair DEI hiring and promotion practices at least once. I've seen some truly incompetent people get hired and promoted purely to meet a certain DEI goal. It reminds me of Affirmative Action but for the work place.

This is coming from someone who absolutely hates the tech bro culture and hates that there aren't enough women in tech. No male tech worker likes environments where there are 10 guys to 1 girl and the insane gender imbalance in tech heavy cities that make dating impossible for a large portion of the population. If I could, I would wave a magic wand and turn the tech industry into 10 women for every 1 man. Believe me.

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Post by benatkin »

like_any_other wrote: post #13

Well, they've already achieved diversity, haven't they? Whites were already under-represented at Google (and at 18/23 tech companies) back in 2017 [1]. If they've rolled over for anyone, it was for the Asian lobby, who is over-represented at 23/23 of those tech companies, and now won't be facing DEI pressures to reduce their numbers. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20250127210140/https://informati...

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Post by like_any_other »

aurareturn wrote: post #14

If you zoom out far enough, all these companies are making business decisions - not emotional ones. They have to kiss Trump's ring and bend the knee for Elon in order to not get destroyed. When they had DEI, it was created for business reason too - to be seen as socially just so you should buy their products. Now Google thinks it's better for business if they fall in line with what Trump wants.

> When they had DEI, it was created for business reason too - to be seen as socially just so you should buy their products.

You don't think that was "to not get destroyed" too? Such as when New York city was sued (and lost, having to pay out $1.8 billion) because too many minorities failed its test for teachers:

https://www.thecollegefix.com/nyc-will-pay-out-1-8-billion-t...

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