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When IBM came to my campus for recruiting, their presentation openly said they are going to hire more women than men, even if men had higher GPA and did better
by akudha 5y ago
When IBM came to my campus for recruiting, their presentation openly said they are going to hire more women than men, even if men had higher GPA and did better in interviews. This was to “increase diversity” of their workforce, they said.
Most of the men at my campus just shrugged and laughed it off. It was just one company (if memory serves right) among the dozens that came to the campus that year. I wonder now if this was happening more, but quietly. Hey, at least IBM was open about it!
This is a very difficult slope. We want to help minorities. But we also want to be fair to others at the same time. In the case of academia, it is much worse situation simply because there is a huge pool of qualified applicants for a very small number of positions.
- AlgorithmicTime 5y ago
- Lio 5y agoIBM is probably not somewhere you want to build a long term career in any case. They're known for ageism[1] amongst other things, which won't affect new graduates but should be seen as a canary in a coal mine. If they're penalising people solely based on age what are the chances they'll also penalise you for not matching some other non-performance based criteria? 1. https://www.consultancy.uk/news/30498/ibm-accused-of-ageism-over-mass-layoffs https://www.consultancy.uk/news/30498/ibm-accused-of-ageism-...
- julius_deane 5y agohow can you say that ibm practices ageism and immediately say it does not affect new graduates? don't you see how that affects new graduates chances of being hired?
- bradlys 5y agoThink they mean won’t affect new graduates negatively.