News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on U.S. sues Oracle, alleges salary and hiring discrimination. Parent comment

Re:U.S. sues Oracle, alleges salary and hiring discrimination by omginternets on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @10:23PM (#13432697)
> 4 out of 21 were Asians, this was too low given the size of the applicant pool.

What if they were actually the better candidates?

Bias in hiring may well reflect bias in talent.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:U.S. sues Oracle, alleges salary and hiring discrimination by frozenport on Thursday January 19, 2017 @04:57AM (#13434499)
Yeah, so that's why they are being sued. But saying that large corporations should achieve the percentage of demographic as is present in the population is wrong.
[ Parent | on HN ]