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This is just a PR stunt. >There's a lot of room for unconscious bias to color the information. Research tells us that subtle indicators - names, clubs, address
by n7c3c1 11y ago
This is just a PR stunt.
>There's a lot of room for unconscious bias to color the information. Research tells us that subtle indicators - names, clubs, addresses, school, previous employment, race, parental status, socio-economic status, etc - may unconsciously affect expectations and assessment of a candidate.
"Here at Google, we're independent, free-thinkers, and we're definitely not influenced by the militant leftist crowd that plagues the Bay Area. That's why you're not allowed to take anything about a person into consideration before hiring them. Literally nothing. We're all the same person in every way and everyone is as talented and special as everyone else. Everything is a bias and should be expunged from your evaluation process."
These companies will let the PC police ruin them.
- delinka 11y ago"We're all the same person in every way and everyone is as talented and special as everyone else." That pretty much sounds like "hire whomever walks through the door."
- guelo 11y agoHopefully you realize that quote isn't from Google but from n7c3c1 trying to be bitter or edgy or something. (He's probably a white guy that wishes that good jobs were only available to white guys like in the good old days.)
- dang 11y agoPersonal attacks are not allowed on HN. Please don't respond to a bad comment by adding another one. That just makes the thread worse for everybody.
- natep 11y agoIs that an actual quote within your quotation marks? Or are you creating your own straw man and attributing it to them?
- mmanfrin 11y agoHere at Google, we're independent, free-thinkers, and we're definitely not influenced by the militant leftist crowd that plagues the Bay Area Stopped reading here. You might have had a good argument had you not just completely trangented off in an unnecessary political jab.
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