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A diverse workplace is a perk, and belongs on a list of perks like the one given. "4X female developers" are not perks, they're people. When you put them on a
by tomku 13y ago
A diverse workplace is a perk, and belongs on a list of perks like the one given. "4X female developers" are not perks, they're people. When you put them on a list of perks alongside paid vacation, free chocolates and a keg of beer, you're objectifying them for use as bargaining chips.
- PebblesRox 13y agoDo you know what the 4X part means? Are they trying to say they have four times the typical amount of women or is it something else? I'll give them the benefit of the doubt in terms of having good intentions, but I agree that they way they suggested women as something to tempt the reader away is just icky. I'm not sure that Richard Green gets that based on his apology. It would have been nice if he had been more explicit about what he did wrong and come up with a better alternative. He makes lots of claims about how evvnt is pro-diversity and anti-discrimination, but it's all tell and no show. Maybe the comments from employees at the bottom are supposed to be more of a demonstration, but right now they're also pretty vague and I think most of the commenters are men.
- tomku 13y agoI assumed that it meant 4 developers, but after seeing responses saying that they don't have any developers at all yet, perhaps it means "four times as many female developers as male developers".