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How would you recommend we proceed when for 2+ years there has not been one minority promoted in our department, our ENTIRE managemnet team is white. Lack of internal minority applicants is not the issue, many are more qualified than the white candidates selected. The feedback we receive is pathetic at best and it has become difficult to not feel as though we as minorities do not deserve to succeed here. Any and all advice on how to proceed is much appreciated.
What you describe is not unique to white vs non-white. At companies where management is mostly chinese, they will promote mostly chinese to management. Same goes for Indian. This is basic human nature and it’s tough to change. You just have to excel and learn to blend in well with those in power. Best of luck to you.
Indians are more comfortable interacting with other cultures, probably due their colonial history
Find a company with better culture
Consistently ask what it would take to get promoted,specifically, and if you’re on track. You said the feedback is pathetic which I’m taking to mean vague or the goal post keeps moving, so keep asking for specifics. If this is a pattern you and other minorities are seeing, you might want to bring it up to HR, they have to take complains seriously and see if there is something systemic to your claim. Whether or not you want to make that effort, if it’s not working you should leave for a better culture that’s more aware of unconscious bias and barriers people of color and women face in tech. Maybe there’s another department at your company you can move to that has better managers. There are a few good tech companies that at least try, no one is good at this yet though. When you leave the company make sure this makes it into the exit interview. If they see they can’t retain non-white employees they might make more of an effort to look at biases
Maybe they just have better communication skills, like knowing English for example
All are American born, nice try ❤️not everyone in this country is white, please take your ugliness elsewhere.
F off, I'm not American.
Sounds like there’s ambiguity around evaluations and decision-making. Ping Airbnb HR to see if they can help. Perhaps they have better processes you can adopt.
What do you consider minority? Only blacks and Hispanics are considered minority when talking about tech jobs or education. Asians/Indians are not minority.
I am referring to Blacks and Hispanics.
They document everything and lawyer up.
I completely understand your experience unfortunately. Start looking elsewhere, that’s what I’m doing.
Any examples of how you’re objectively more qualified? Contact a lawyer if you think you have a case. Whether you succeed or not legally, prepare for your employment relationship to become highly adversarial and plan to have an out accordingly.
Past management roles, higher education level and tenure would be a few.