Many mega-cap tech companies began publishing annual diversity reports in 2014. But few have made much ground, especially in hiring Black employees.
"Every year they put out the same diversity report, check the box, then send out the same report the next year," said Freada Kapor Klein, founding partner at Kapor Capital. "We're at a crucial crossroads — I don't think what tech companies have done to date is anywhere near enough."the gap and made it a public goal to increase diversity in their workforces.
Women have moved up as a higher fraction of the workforce. Facebook's technical workforce, for example, jumped from 15% female when the report began in 2014 to 23% at the beginning of 2019. Google has made similar progress. Among leadership and technical roles like coders and engineers, the diversity numbers are even lower. Apple's workforce is 9% Black — but that drops to 3% when looking at leadership roles. Its share of Black technical workers remained flat at 6% from the end of 2013 through the end of 2017, the last year Apple published diversity data.
In response to CNBC's requests for comment, the tech companies pointed to incremental progress. Last year, Google showed its largest increase recorded in hiring Black tech employees in the U.S. At Apple, 53% of new hires in the U.S. are from historically underrepresented groups in tech.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Southeast Asia's Gojek wants to be the bridge between Indonesia's small businesses and big techGojek started in 2010 as a ride-hailing company in Indonesia and has since branched out into other business areas including food delivery, digital payments, and logistics.
Read more »
'Selma' director Ava DuVernay among six elected to join Academy's board of governorsAva DuVernay, Debra Zane, Stephen Rivkin, Linda Flowers, Lynette Howell Taylor, and Rob Bredow have been elected to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' board of governors.
Read more »
Ava DuVernay Among Six Elected to Film Academy Board for First TimeAva DuVernay, whose 2014 film Selma was denied best director and best actor Oscar nominations, partially fueling the OscarsSoWhite controversy, is among six people who, via elections that ran from June 1-5, were elected to the board for the first time
Read more »
Fashion’s Big Lifestyle PushLockdown measures might ease, but working and entertaining from home are here to stay. For fashion labels, homeware presents an attractive opportunity to experiment with a slower category and conne…
Read more »
World's largest green turtle colony nearly twice as big as thoughtThe world's largest population of nesting green turtles is nearly twice as big as previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday, after drones enabled better surveys of the animals.
Read more »
Hear Tears for Fears Perform Selections from Songs From The Big Chair in 1985Hear the group perform 'Mother Talk,' 'Everybody Wants to Rule The World' and 'Shout.'
Read more »