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Re:“Women are wonderful” effect on Thursday October 13, 2022 @03:46AM (#33188358)
> Yes, they are just different ways of saying the same thing, but they are framed differently.

Here, I think, lies the problem. Trying to re-frame a negative idea as positive. Involuntary imported labor force instead of a slavery?

Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:11AM (#33173481)
Right you are... I used be a Manager at Volvo (Sweden) and I really like their approach to boost the diversity on the workplace. Instead of targets/or lowering the standards they were moving obstacles (childcare, flex work) and focusing on marketing amongst the diversity groups.
Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:06AM (#33173457)
> Not have the same opportunities as the founders of Google and Microsoft

You are seeing a trend of FAANG employees, leaving the company to create their own start-ups. This trend won't slow down that progress at least...

Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:04AM (#33173439)
I share your concern... Started as a manager in a successful scale-up and as usual our engineering staff is white & male (we are hiring from European Timezone). In order to secure the funding round, the higher management has introduced a diversity targets, which is driven aggressively by HR. Funny enough lots of the European laws forbid asking if the candidate is a member of an "unrepresented" group, so I guess we'll be just eyeballing it??? This won't end good, but one must make a living.