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3/ One of the biggest concerns around our stance was that it would impact our diversity numbers. Since my post, we've grown our headcount about 110%, while our diversity numbers have remained the same, or even improved on some metrics.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Reddit is at scale a sentence like this often means they’ve established a dominant monoculture and squashed out the ‘annoyances’..
If there is one thing I've learned from a company that went woke was that the supposed diversity that it reached was merely superficial.
They hired people from all the minorities necessary and ended up with culture that was even more monolithic than before. No dissent allowed.
I am a bisexual dude, and nobody at work (sans my closest friends) know about it because it's none of their business. I did not disclose it during my interview, I don't want them to ask me about it.
This has been my observation as well. Such companies pat themselves on the back for hiring a diverse group who actually think the same _despite_ coming from different backgrounds or have different skin color.
What I take from that statement is "We have not meaningfully tackled any of the issues of discrimination in the workplace that our Black employees have continuously attempted to bring to our attention", such as the ones u/saurik linked in his comment.
Yeah, if the most positive thing you can claim is "the rest of our Black employees didn't quit" then that is really saying something. I liked how he bragged about improving on some undisclosed metrics though, as though that kind of thing isn't trivial to game or even outright lie about
It’s dismal in an environment where the base rate is far higher than 5%. What’s the rate near their HQ? What’s the rate among those with any qualifications locally?
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Reddit is at scale a sentence like this often means they’ve established a dominant monoculture and squashed out the ‘annoyances’..