White people are underrepresented (and paid less) in big tech companies by a considerable margin now, according to the companies' own ESG reports that they publ

White people are underrepresented (and paid less) in big tech companies by a considerable margin now, according to the companies' own ESG reports that they publish. Our industry is overcompensating for these imbalances. I work at the biggest FAANG and just last week our team decided we are rejecting all applications for a manager position we have open until we get more diverse candidates. I'm pretty sure that's somehow illegal, but I don't want to get fired for saying that it seems wrong. Here is Apple's ESG report showing that white people are underrepresented (40% of the company vs 60% of the country): https://investor.apple.com/esg/ https://investor.apple.com/esg/ Here is Microsoft's blog post about paying white people less: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/11/01/microsofts-2023-diversity-and-inclusion-report-a-decade-of-transparency-commitment-and-progress/ https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/11/01/microsofts-2023-... "Inside the U.S., all racial and ethnic minority groups who are rewards-eligible combined earn $1.007 total pay for every $1.000 earned by U.S. rewards-eligible white employees with the same job title and level and considering tenure."