Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs
by iforgot22 on Friday January 10, 2025 @04:50PM
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Is this because truly doing race-based hiring has been illegal for a long time? I've noticed they'll target certain demographics for interviews and other opportunities, but identity can't be a factor in the interview itself. It's a fine line.
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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs
by whimsicalism on Friday January 10, 2025 @06:12PM
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maybe race-based hiring has been illegal and you might be able to win a civil case, but the DOJ certainly wasn't going after companies for not hiring enough white people or men.
Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs
by iforgot22 on Friday January 10, 2025 @07:13PM
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Definitely. I think they just had to make sure not to decline a candidate for that reason explicitly. But it trickled down, e.g. interviewers were told not to ask anything remotely related to the candidate's identity and especially not to write it down, even gendered pronouns.
Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs
by Aunche on Saturday January 11, 2025 @01:10AM
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They will target certain demographics in ways that their lawyers can argue are legal such as giving more interviews to Grace Hopper attendees or schools with favorable demographics [1]. This is a great way to poach minorities from different companies without moving bringing any minorities to tech in any significant capacity. This is probably why men are increasingly going to Grace Hopper [2].
[1] https://blog.duolingo.com/how-duolingo-achieved-a-5050-gende...
[2] https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1203845886/women-tech-confere...