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I don't understand why companies are obsessed with diversity just for the sake of it. Edit: I am mexican, and I personally wouldn't like to be hired for diver

I don't understand why companies are obsessed with diversity just for the sake of it. Edit: I am mexican, and I personally wouldn't like to be hired for diversity reasons, I would prefer to be hired on my abilities.

Maascamp 12y ago
Of course companies should only hire qualified people. Diversity is about gaining new perspectives and ensuring you're creating an environment _all_ your employees can enjoy and feel comfortable in. Companies, rightly, don't want to stagnate by being limited to perspectives and views that don't fully reflect the world they operate in.
- xienze 12y ago
  I hear this all the time but really, how much of an impact does "diversity" have on yet another shitty chat app or photo sharing site? They're creating utterly trivial, harmless social applications that have NOTHING to do with racial, cultural, or religious matters.
  - Maascamp 12y ago
    Who's talking about shitty startups? I don't live in silicon valley.
EGreg 12y ago
I agree. I am a Russian Jew and I never needed or wanted to be hired based on diversity needs.
- enneff 12y ago
  And Google wouldn't hire you just because you're a minority. The article specifically discusses Google's attempts to lure people of diverse backgrounds into computer science earlier, so that there is more diversity among the qualified candidates applying at Google. Nobody at Google got hired to fill a diversity quota.
ianstallings 12y ago
Well there's using it as a checkbox and then there's real diversity. No one likes being patronized. But if it's done right you would still be judged on your abilities. And therein lies the challenge. It's a worthy goal but they better stay on top of it.
dragonwriter 12y ago
> I am mexican, and I personally wouldn't like to be hired for diversity reasons, I would prefer to be hired on my abilities. Which is all a non-sequitur, since nothing in Google's blog post or the linked diversity website suggest that Google's approaches to improving diversity include hiring people for diversity reasons rather than for their abilities.
- roots800 12y ago
  Well, no one would ever admit that anyways.

Maascamp 12y ago

Of course companies should only hire qualified people. Diversity is about gaining new perspectives and ensuring you're creating an environment _all_ your employees can enjoy and feel comfortable in. Companies, rightly, don't want to stagnate by being limited to perspectives and views that don't fully reflect the world they operate in.

xienze 12y ago
I hear this all the time but really, how much of an impact does "diversity" have on yet another shitty chat app or photo sharing site? They're creating utterly trivial, harmless social applications that have NOTHING to do with racial, cultural, or religious matters.
- Maascamp 12y ago
  Who's talking about shitty startups? I don't live in silicon valley.

EGreg 12y ago

I agree. I am a Russian Jew and I never needed or wanted to be hired based on diversity needs.

enneff 12y ago
And Google wouldn't hire you just because you're a minority. The article specifically discusses Google's attempts to lure people of diverse backgrounds into computer science earlier, so that there is more diversity among the qualified candidates applying at Google. Nobody at Google got hired to fill a diversity quota.

ianstallings 12y ago

Well there's using it as a checkbox and then there's real diversity. No one likes being patronized. But if it's done right you would still be judged on your abilities. And therein lies the challenge. It's a worthy goal but they better stay on top of it.

dragonwriter 12y ago

> I am mexican, and I personally wouldn't like to be hired for diversity reasons, I would prefer to be hired on my abilities. Which is all a non-sequitur, since nothing in Google's blog post or the linked diversity website suggest that Google's approaches to improving diversity include hiring people for diversity reasons rather than for their abilities.

roots800 12y ago
Well, no one would ever admit that anyways.