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I happen to be fairly engaged in the "diversity" space and I've worked in a few large tech companies myself. Google is not the only company trying hard. But Goo

I happen to be fairly engaged in the "diversity" space and I've worked in a few large tech companies myself. Google is not the only company trying hard. But Google is extremely data and metrics centric, and I think this aspect of their culture is one thing making a positive difference here. Also, there are more Google employees working on this problem than the entire staff of some medium sized companies. What I'm trying to say is that this is a hard problem and perhaps this attrition, paradoxically, is an unexpected consequence of trying to to tackle the problem head on - rather than lack of effort and investment in trying to solve it.

cudgy 5y ago
I think you may be hitting the nail on the head. Spending so many resources creates an image or a sense of urgency. This sense of urgency creates pressure within the organization, which also would pressure even more so the employees that Google is trying to help. No quantity of metrics and calculations are going to reach this type of observation. Google is probably one of the least qualified companies to tackle this being that it is driven by a scientific mathematical calculus and is one of the most corrupting organizations in the world mainly due to their major privacy violations and manipulation as it relates to their search products. Other companies particularly those that deal with artistic areas are more likely to come up with useful solutions to this problem. Google may be better served sending money to another organization to study and research how to achieve the goals of counteracting the under representation.