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Re:Females more likely than males to be elected in US scient... by epistasis on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:41PM (#34849687)
You get bonuses specifically for hiring certain demographics? That sounds incredibly toxic, and I'm glad that where I work doesn't have anything like that.

Teams I've created have always been fairly balanced on gender, and it's been good for productivity. When I've taken over all-male teams, and hired women, it's been good for productivity. That's just my experience, and I know it runs counter to some others, but then I've never encountered the difficulties that others have had with hiring talented women who are great assets to their team. It's weird that I'm getting downvoted for what are very reasonable experiences, though. Makes me think that HN is trending more towards politics and less towards news for hackers...

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Re:Females more likely than males to be elected in US scient... by stuckinhell on Saturday February 18, 2023 @02:00PM (#34849889)
Yea pretty much. Toxic Dysfunction seems to be the natural state of most fortune 500 businesses. Money and Politics is an extremely corrupting influence. This kind of stuff is extremely common too.

Most recruiting companies filtered non DIE candidates before our pipelines so we had deniability on this as well. Just for perspective, 20k was considered a low-end bonus before the economic downturns.

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Re:Females more likely than males to be elected in US scient... by fidgewidge on Saturday February 18, 2023 @07:21PM (#34852658)
> When I've taken over all-male teams, and hired women, it's been good for productivity

Measured how, because this sounds like post-hoc rationalization.

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