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> "Which city are you from?" Many big tech companies have inclusion training calling this question out as inappropriate on the grounds it provides an opportuni
by bsilvereagle 1y ago
> "Which city are you from?"
Many big tech companies have inclusion training calling this question out as inappropriate on the grounds it provides an opportunity to introduce bias.
- yard2010 1y agoThis is nonsense as there is no such thing as unbiased personal interaction.
- andix 1y agoIn most parts of the world this is not true.
- bigstrat2003 1y agoEven in the US it's ridiculous advice, driven by fear rather than a rational assessment of policy. Asking people where they are from is just fine.
- gunsch 1y agoSure, that's advised in interviews, where you're about to make a decision on someone's livelihood, hence the importance of reducing bias. That's a completely different context than in casual conversation at a social event.
- pvtmert 1y agoIt's a networking event, not an interview loop. In the same lines, don't ask anything. Everything is a bias. ie, What do they do? - Also a bias as they are engineer, or product, or sales, or whatever.