At this point, I have started seeing Google as a miniature of contemporary SV (with all its good and bad stuff). Lots of random products thrown out to the user only to be cancelled in a few years? Check! Occasional massively successful (and actually useful) products? Check! Lip service and virtue signaling for fads du jour (eg. diversity)? Check! Actual behavior hinting towards prioritizing profits over all else (eg.…
Could you please explain what you mean when you say diversity is a fad du jour? I'd like to believe you didn't mean to say something this ugly.
Sure, I will engage. I believe there is a minority of population for whom diversity is really important. Based on my first hand experience, I am seeing that most of the people are simply apathetic to it, even within senior management. This manifests externally (eg. lack of serious diversity enhancing proposals, movement of diversity stats over the last four years, keeping low wage workers as contractors instead of full-time employees etc). Depending on how senior you are, you can also see this internally where diversity is given mere lip service (similar to other issues like technical debt or accessibility), but no real sticks and carrots are used (eg. making diversity efforts a part of performance reviews).
If you wonder whether your company leadership is serious about diversity, check if it matches its actions with its words. Mine doesn't!