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Affirmative action is the policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group who suffer or have suffered from discrimination within a culture[1]. Google is an
by TheAdamAndChe 9y ago
Affirmative action is the policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group who suffer or have suffered from discrimination within a culture[1]. Google is an affirmative action employer[2]. If women are favored over men, then wouldn't it make sense that a less skilled woman has the potential of being selected over a more skilled man?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action
[2] https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/ https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/
- paulgb 9y agoI don't see any support for [2] in the page you linked (maybe because I am on mobile). There may have been efforts to recruit that were directed at women (e.g. sending employees to Grace Hopper), but ultimately the bar was the same for everyone.
- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoIt's at the bottom of the page. > Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.
- paulgb 9y agoI see it now. I believe that's something every major US Corp that sells to the federal government has to say: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/hr-qa/pages/cms_013810.aspx https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/hr-...
- lurr 9y agoNo. They could just be spending 3 times as much to recruit women, for example. They could have recruiters dedicated to finding women. They could be funding women in tech programs at many levels. etc...
- lifeformed 9y agoThat's assuming that there's only a handful of people to pick from. But if your top choices are all top tier developers, then slicing it up by gender or ethnicity shouldn't make a difference.