Felt this anonymous app might be a good place to ask this question. Big companies tout fair hiring policies devoid of discrimination based on caste,religion etc.. but is this factually true? Are one’s chances of being hired higher if they are a under-represented minority? Do companies have unspoken rules about hiring minorities? And if so, what purpose does this serve? Last thing I checked was that ultimately all companies are about their bottomline. P.S: I am not trying to start a racial/gender attack. I have come across some amazing minorities who truly make work a better place. I am just curious about this, because I feel it is such an under-the-wraps kind of things which companies don’t openly talk about.
Yes it’s a thing and has been for years now, and yes in practice the bar is lowered to reach quotas, and yes diversity hiring is *systematically racist* and is likely to explode with lawsuits any time soon. And the sad thing is diversity hiring hurts diverse candidates more than anyone - the diverse candidates with actual merit. This is because they are now associated with lowered bar and lowered competence. Diversity hiring, in practice, gives real statistical credence to making assumptions about lower merit based on racial correlation.
"The only racism that matters to me is racism against poor underrepresented white people"
Racism is racism no matter what
Google has consistent hiring bar for everyone irrespective. However they do cast a wider net to find minority candidates for interviewing. For example, they might be willing to go to colleges they generally dont, etc. I dont know exact details. But at the end, every minority candidate must clear the same level of interview
Yes, you get preference if you are URM - my company had "red carpet" events for this. Part of the reason is to project a "woke" image. The other is that if your company has government business you are required to have a certain amount of "equal representation." My company really tried to milk this, as we state we are the first tech company to achieve "full representation" for diversity. Also, Google can thank us for giving them their current Diversity VP (our former Div VP), you're welcome.
Why are you still at intel? You seem like a smart guy. Or something
Haha. I'll take that as a compliment and good dig against Intel. Just resting (peanuts vesting doesn't count) for the moment after my previous company got acquired by this dinosaur.
🍿
Yes
Stopped reading after “caste”
Hahahaha