Re:Diversity Was Supposed to Make Us Rich. Not So Much
by saagarjha on Saturday June 29, 2024 @06:56AM
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Or that the metrics we use to judge these things disproportionately rank white men better even if they probably aren't the way we should be identifying "best" candidates?
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Re:Diversity Was Supposed to Make Us Rich. Not So Much
by clarada on Saturday June 29, 2024 @07:18AM
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When I started working in financial services in 2000, what shocked me was just how diverse the traders were. There were some people from rich families, some working class (I particularly remember one who had previously been running a market stall).
Turns out that capital markets have a great metric for ranking people without discrimination: how much profit they can make by managing their risk.
Ironically, the worst places I've seen for discrimination is in the public sector. They seem to see it as a virtue to promote people of their favoured race or sex/gender.
Re:Diversity Was Supposed to Make Us Rich. Not So Much
by worksonmine on Saturday June 29, 2024 @08:41AM
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When the results aren't satisfying, change the metrics?