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Eh no. I was the lead engineer and was hiring for my team in a fortune 100 company. I got told to hire the worse candidate for the role because we needed more
by thrown_22 4y ago
Eh no.
I was the lead engineer and was hiring for my team in a fortune 100 company. I got told to hire the worse candidate for the role because we needed more diversity. Anyone who still calls it 'reverse' sexism/racism/ageism really hasn't worked in corporate America in the last 10 years.
- strix_varius 4y agoThis effect also comes into play re: firing. Any fortune 100 EM who's had an extremely under-performing female report knows the pressure to find a way, any way, to sweep that under the rug.
- llanowarelves 4y agoThe standard operating procedure when your company is going into controlled decline and you want to soften the landing: put women in leadership positions. Less likely to be under fire, unless critics want to be branded womenhaters.
- datagram 4y agoThat's only one data point, and I'm sure plenty of people could say the opposite about their companies. In my case, I've been involved in tons of engineering hiring meetings at my company and diversity has never swayed things in one direction or the other when evaluating candidate performance.