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Sure, you don't need workplace diversity to be insanely profitable. Do you think that's why folks are looking to add diversity to the workplace?
by neon_electro 4y ago
Sure, you don't need workplace diversity to be insanely profitable. Do you think that's why folks are looking to add diversity to the workplace?
- spoonjim 4y agoThat's the argument that they make, duplicitously.
- LawTalkingGuy 4y ago> Do you think that's why folks are looking to add diversity to the workplace? No, but they say obviously untested things like this: "diverse companies are more profitable and more likely to achieve long-term growth as an entity and in their industry." -- Marketwatch If that was true you wouldn't see the push for it, companies would be fine with their competitors missing the boat while they hired all the undervalued diversity. I would prefer honest messaging such as "Diversity may cost in the short term but we believe it is morally worth doing". Then we could have an open conversation about goals and methods and costs.
- spoonjim 4y agoExactly, which is like saying "eating a high protein breakfast increases athletic performance." It may be true, and it may be applicable to the average athlete, but even if such a study was proven conclusively, I would not expect the top athletes in the world to change their breakfasts because of it - they have already achieved an outlier result and changing something is more likely than not to cause mean regression.