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[–] 3972454? 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I worked for a major tech company, and on a trip I learned that one of their new offices had a much-needed office space addition delayed again and again because their diversity quota wasn't good enough. Humorously, they actually had a ton of male and female Indian employees (and could promote hundreds from the India office at the drop of a hat), but apparently Indians aren't the right type of minorities. In order for them to build the addition they had to scrounge to get as many of the right type as possible, even though this meant not hiring the qualified engineers that were actually applying to the positions.

As icing on the cake, they were already one of the most diverse employers in the entire state, but because the state is much more homogeneous than California (where the headquarters are), they were being continually prevented from expanding the building literally because management didn't want to staff it with more white men. When I visited many of the engineers had to double up in their cubes--and of course I never got to meet all the engineers that they weren't allowed to hire. The reality is that white women and black men/women just don't apply to engineering positions. There's a pipeline supply problem/career rejection choice, depending on how you look at it.