Re:Should tech companies use quotas to increase diversity?
by zapita on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @02:07PM
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Tech companies should not use quotas at the time of hiring. HOWEVER they should absolutely use quotas on their upstream pipeline. They should impose those quotas on recruiting firms, and fire those who can’t meet the bar. At some point in their history, Google did this for gender diversity, with the founders enforcing the policy themselves. It worked. If they had persisted in that courageous policy as they grew, and extended it to other under-represented groups, Google would not be in the representatives rut it is today.
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Re:Should tech companies use quotas to increase diversity?
by endymi0n on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @02:17PM
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This makes much more sense indeed. If I'd try to hire 25% minority groups into my company from a pipeline that currently tops out at 5% applications, it wouldn't do any good for my company. I'd LOVE to hire more women for the team, but it's rare they apply.