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You have to realize that most companies can't really say what they think on most issues. It's a lot easier to pay lip service to an idea that you consider stupi
by omonra 12y ago
You have to realize that most companies can't really say what they think on most issues. It's a lot easier to pay lip service to an idea that you consider stupid than risk public opprobation by saying what they actually think.
They care as much about diversity as NBA owners - which is they don't give a toss.
That said - I do think they do want to have the best people working for them. So if the best candidate for a position happens to be a disabled black lesbian - they'll gladly take her. But she has to be qualified in the first place - simply having the right 'diversity' points won't help.
- skybrian 12y agoYou're right that being well qualified for the job still matters. The goal of diversity initiatives isn't to change that. Even when a company tries to do a good job (and there's lots of room for improvement at most places), hiring is still fairly random. You can lose good people because they happened to have a bad day or be matched up with an unfortunate interviewer, through cultural misunderstandings, and so on. We can't know what top management really thinks in their heart of hearts, but it doesn't necessarily matter for most hires since they're not doing the interviews or making the hiring decisions. They built a system for that. It's the people who actually are making the decisions that you might have to worry about. The point of diversity training is to reach them and avoid losing good people through bias, screwups, and bad judgement.