New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint diversity

Re:New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint... by giantg2 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:20PM (#26983099)

Not that agree or disagree, but... Using that logic, why should we care at all. Less than 7 million out of about 170 million in the workforce. Shouldn't we be looking a other, more common jobs? (On a side note I'm surprised software devs are only 1.9 million)

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Re:New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint... by rovolo on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:52PM (#26983539)

There are two orders of magnitude difference between the number locomotive operators and the CEO & engineering jobs:

55k/7m = 0.8%

7m/170m = 4%

There's a legit difference between arguing about a $40k line item on a $1m house sale and a $400 line item.

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Re:New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint... by giantg2 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:28PM (#26983988)

What's your point? Either way we're adding up largely arbitrary line items composing a very small minority. It makes more sense to look the areas that would impact the most people. To use your analogy, who cares if the seller takes care of that $40k line item of the other ones that need work add up to $250k? Great, I have a solid roof but what about my crumbling foundation...

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