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A comment on Ask HN: How does your company approach hiring diversity?.

Re:Ask HN: How does your company approach hiring diversity? by iaabtpbtpnn on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:49PM (#22312650)
It is simply not a factor. We don't discriminate, but we will hire anyone who is willing and able to do the job for the salary offered. We don't track any diversity metrics, and the gender or ethnicity of a candidate does not enter into the hiring equation at all.
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Re:Ask HN: How does your company approach hiring diversity? by lovegoblin on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @04:34PM (#22313028)
> the gender or ethnicity of a candidate does not enter into the hiring equation at all.

...consciously.

> We don't track any diversity metrics

and we can't be sure because we don't measure anything.

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Re:Ask HN: How does your company approach hiring diversity? by ScalaFan on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @06:21PM (#22313867)
On the other hand, a law could be passed where all large companies have to report on diversity hiring numbers so that the general public would know what the current reality is like.
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Re:Ask HN: How does your company approach hiring diversity? by nailer on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:44PM (#22314903)
So we gather the data. Do we force more been to be school teachers? More women to work in mines?
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Re:Ask HN: How does your company approach hiring diversity? by pid_0 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:52PM (#22314945)
I agree with this, assuming you account for unconscious bias. With all the tools for blind hiring, it isn't really a problem. We hire for the best engineering competency, period. Our team is incredibly diverse in all sense of the word, not just skin color.
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