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Facebook's diversity push hampered by its own hiring practices
- iamdave 10y agoTo that end the company instituted a points-based incentive program the year prior, geared towards bringing on more hispanic, black and female workers. So far, it hasn't worked out too well (no, Peter Thiel doesn't count). And now it appears we finally know why. Because a "points based system" comes frighteningly close to tokenism? According to a Bloomberg report, despite a number of minority candidates making it through the rigorous interview process, the final decision always fell on engineering leaders who nearly exclusively picked white or Asian men. Oh.
- joeblow9999 10y agoTrying to figure out how FB policy on selling firearms is somehow related...