Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs

Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by darth_avocado on Friday January 10, 2025 @06:19PM (#42661508)

> If you were a woman of color in tech you’ve been basically guaranteed a job, no matter how good or bad you actually are.

Is that why there are so many women of color software engineers in tech?

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by RestlessMind on Friday January 10, 2025 @08:04PM (#42662301)

Many woman of color are simply not entering the pipeline. But those who are there get wildly favorable treatment compared to people from other demographics with similar capabilities.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by fzeroracer on Saturday January 11, 2025 @10:15AM (#42666402)

Wildly favorable treatment according to who, exactly? Or are you just being slightly subtle about your actual point here?

Explain it to me since I've been in the industry for quite some time here and I can't say I've seen what you're hinting at.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by RestlessMind on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @11:28AM (#42699433)

To put it another way - I have seen a lot of Claudine Gay's at work. Generally smart women, checking all the DEI boxes, given juicy opportunities way beyond their abilities. People from other demographics have to struggle a lot to get such opportunities.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by gr3ml1n on Saturday January 11, 2025 @12:03AM (#42663451)

One of the solutions to the 'POC Pipeline Problem' was to overhire for non-technical roles that could be used to hit diversity goals.

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