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"lower their standards to hire more black workers." do you hear yourself? You have linked color with standard. Companies hire based on skill, experience and cul
by nomy99 8y ago
"lower their standards to hire more black workers." do you hear yourself? You have linked color with standard. Companies hire based on skill, experience and culture fit.
- romanovcode 8y agoIt is known fact that a lot of tech companies hire to fill a "quota". OP is actually right, unfortunately.
- dahdum 8y agoLet’s assume (correctly imo) that every subgroup (race, gender, origin, sexuality, etc.) is equally skilled. If you apply a technical standard equally, you end up with a market distribution of hires. Companies are being leaned on to over represent certain groups relative to their market distribution. That’s not possible industry wide unless you lower your technical standards for that subgroup.
- true_religion 8y agoIndustry wide, you are right but top companies do not have to lower their standards, just invest more in finding qualified candidates. You will end up with an industry where the top players have diverse campuses, and small shops are made up of whichever ethnic group is locally available.
- nomy99 8y agoFirst of all, in the technical field you can not lower standards by much. A person either has a degree or necessary experience or they don't. The fact that they are underrepresented is because the talent isn't there. Now, OP's statement, no matter how much justified it is logically is propagating a nasty stigma associated with black workers -- that they are here to meet a quota or are less intelligent and experienced.
- monochromatic 8y ago>What you said is true, but I don’t like it. Deal with it.
- monochromatic 8y agoThat’s literally what affirmative action is.