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- I'm a republican Trump supporter - where can I work peacefully? I am perfectly tolerant of other people at work, no matter their circumstances, political leanings etc. but I know that I'd be a dead-man-walking if my own leanings were to become public. I'm looking for recommendations for companies where there is either more tolerance for the full political spectr
- What's with the influx of xenophobic and anti diversity posts lately? Has blind always been this way? Russian trolls?
- Google not hiring white and Asian? Google is getting sued for pressuring their recruiters to hire non-white and non-asian people. Is there any truth to this? Will Google lose this lawsuit? Settle? Thoughts?
- link How many of you think H-1B folk “steal” American jobs? Seriously. I am sick of MAGA idiots yammering all over about H-1B immigrants stealing jobs. Now, I do agree some outsourcing shops do visa fraud that needs to be curbed. We come here legally, pay taxes, buy houses made our life here for decades, support our communities and contribute to economy. Bu
- link Trump ends Diversity Green Card Lottery and Chain Migration https://youtu.be/kxat0omkIGM
- link Damore is back! Just when you thought the dust was settled. All over news today. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/08/james-damore-sues-google-discrimination-white-male-conservatives Views?
- Intel Promoting Diversity good or bad. Recently we have observed that many young and un-experienced women have been promoted to achieve group's diversity goal. Is it good for all the Male who have been working hard to get the promotion?
- link What prevents white Americans from confronting racism? Great article! https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-sociologist-examines-the-white-fragility-that-prevents-white-americans-from-confronting-racism/amp?__twitter_impression=true PS - Please read before commenting.
- Why do immigrants (chinese, indians, etc) not appreciate diversity? I see that a lot of indians want to date indians, same with chinese, they marry and go live in a suburb that is little china or little india. This has traditionally been a seggregation tactic from colonisation that blacks lived in one part, whites in one part, but why are Asians doing it to themselv
- Diversity hiring and affirmative action So I think affirmative action and diversity initiatives in corporate America are broken. Companies value diversity that can be highlighted in a brochure more than real diversity. What I mean by this is that companies like fb, ms, and Google are working really hard to get more black, Hispanic, female
- Why does race matter in diversity hiring? I’m trying to understand what the benefits are specifically when using race as a hiring criteria.
- Diversity hire is baseless and unscientific - a complete joke at best Let’s face it - everyone of us is unique, different in many ways from everyone else. Diversity hire based on race, sex, or any other orientation is baseless and unscientific. Any hire brings in a person of his/her own kind. So why the propaganda?
- Double standard: Speaking Hindi - presence of non Hindi speaker of India vs non Indian This is really getting worst day by day. Many north Indians and Andra people speak in Hindi in team space and lunch during a non Hindi speaking INDIAN presence BUT mostly avoid during the presence of a non Indian. This is a double standard. They don't care a shit when a non Hindi speaking Indian pr
- Indians and BO I keep seeing rants and venting about this over and again. So hopefully this helps settle things once and for all. To those who complain about Indians and BO: Sweating is a natural process, it’s not an issue that exclusive for Indians alone. Havent you watched that episode of Bad BO on Seinfeld? I
- link Harvard discrimination against Asians https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/harvard-admissions-asian-american/index.html Ah yes, it’s because Asians have worse personalities. Is this infuriating to everyone or just Asian-Americans?
- link Why women don’t code https://quillette.com/2018/06/19/why-women-dont-code/ The guy is a principal lecturer who has worked to close the gender gap Hopefully people will read this article without knee jerk reactions and losing their shit But I know it’s too much to ask Edit: and I hope idiots don’t conflate this to wo
- link 2,183,112 Indian applied for H1B in the last decade Why don't companies just start more offices in Inida? Or will they? Also, there's many countries' citizens severely under-represented, i.e. Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Japan, how do we improve this? https://www.livemint.com/Politics/OGUZjTaeWPSGTng0JP13qI/Over-21-lakh-Indians-applied-f
- Anti-Immigrant Why is the United States, as a whole becoming so anti-immigrant. I understand that the US wants the ‘best and the brightest’, but is it not true that there are many people who don’t fit in the ‘best and the brightest’ category but can still be really productive and overall beneficial members of Amer
- link Do men need to check their privilege? | Factual Feminist https://youtu.be/cRsYwu8uD4I Inviting a civil discussion here, no trolls please. This the the most factual feminist presentation I’ve seen so far.
- Removal of alcohol from break rooms for “inclusivity” I fail to see how removing kegs and alcohol from the refrigerators promotes inclusivity. It’s not as if drinking was mandatory by any means. I don’t really care that much, as I’ve only used them a handful of times, but it seems like excluding something optional under the guise of inclusivity doesn’t
- Defending cultural differences in the name of political correctness Maybe I'm missing something, and I'd love to hear your opinions on this so I may understand this prevalent view that I cannot fully comprehend. There are innate differences between American / European culture and laws and those of Asian societies. In order to avoid friction, we need to find ways to
- Is forcing diversity #’s a problem? Are we lowering our standards to hire people that are not as qualified for “diversity”? Do they really offer anything more (with all things considered) when compared with someone of similar qualifications?
- Google has a culture problem It’s clear to me that google has a culture problem. The 19th was international men’s day. However there was no Google Doodle celebrating this. I suspect that this is indicative of the systematic oppression that non conformist thinkers have to endure at google. People working at Google do you find wo
- Why are liberals against POC who think for themselves? Chance the Rapper, Thomas Sowell, Candace Owens, Kanye... Expected this from southern Republicans but not people who allegedly support free thought.
- What's James Damore up to these days? Serious question 🤷♂️
- Master/slave Twitter feed reminds me again that master/slave terminology is racist and offensive to black people. But there were white slaves of black people, white slave of whites, blacks slaves of blacks, white slaves of Muslims and all other possible combinations (Wikipedia “White Slavery”). But why only blac
- link White privilege Pretty sure white people don’t get the cops called on them for falling asleep in the common room. A black Yale graduate student took a nap in her dorm's common room. So a white student called police - CNN https://apple.news/AFEKB2eCRS_2M2QyQQPM9sw
- link Bozoma Saint John is leaving Uber 😭 I thought she can solve issues with diversity and culture in Uber. Where did it go wrong? https://amp.businessinsider.com/bozoma-saint-john-leaving-uber-2018-6 P.S. I think, she is hot 😳
- pls english only in blind ☝️
- “Do the needful” and “kindly revert back with the same” still in use 🤔 It’s well established that these phrases lead to negative perception of the people who use them. They’re associated (whether justified or not) with incompetence and certain racist undertones. Why are they still widely in use among Indian English speakers? You’d think people would learn to stop using
- link Google’s toxic work environment I’m not considering working there anymore. https://www.scribd.com/document/368688363/James-Damore-vs-Google-Class-Action-Lawsuit
- Transwomen in tech Once I started 100% passing as a woman and switched teams a few times my eyes opened to how different it is to be a woman in tech. No one assumes I'm a capable engineer despite that I've built everything from massive distributed data systems to embedded C++ to desktop GUIs. I get creeped on in the i
- Why does Uber employees hates Indians ? Why does Uber hate Indians so much ? Most racist and xenophobic comments against Indians in this forum are from uber employees. Are all uber employees racists ??
- Where are the People of Color? How disturbed are you by the lack of diversity in the Valley? It’s all white and Asian and not reality. I find it suffocating. Also the inequality of SF is striking. Anyone else deeply affected by this? I feel like it’s all fake liberals here. I think it’s making me depressed.
- Affirmative Action != Racism The point of affirmative action is to prevent qualified minorites from being rejected on the basis of race. Without it we are letting (un)conscious bias affect admissions decisions with no accountability. 100% of the push back against the policy is completely misdirected. "...recruit and advance qu
- Is Facebook racist? Inspite of so many Asians (Chinese, Indian) working at FB, I see only one of them making to top two level executives (Jay Parikh). Is FB racist? Edit: As a FB employee pointed out, Jay was bought up and pursued his bachelors in US.
- vote Religions of Blind Just curious what people's faiths are. Will be interesting to see how this compares to the general population. Please keep comments civil, no trolling or bashing others.
- Tips on reducing foreign accent I have been trying to reduce my accent so that I can meld in the American culture. I feel the best way to do it is to make few local friends and talk to them regularly, but I can't find new friends and my accent insecurity keeps me back from trying hard as well. What are some tips to reduce the acce
- link James Damore has crowd fund page Feel free to donate if you feel his cause is just : https://www.fundedjustice.com/d1JmT3?ref=ab_7A8PnKnQWM67A8PnKnQWM6
- vote Vote: Should women have higher representation in U.S. prisons? According to the BOP a full 93.1% of prisons were men as of May 2018. Why is this, and should it change? Participation in this thread by women is highly encouraged. https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_gender.jsp
- To the person complaining Asians don’t get into harvard Because of other people of color...Found this online
- Does anyone here work at Thoughtspot? How is the culture there and the company in general? Any feedback is appreciated.
- Therapy Dogs Wtf people? Seriously? This seems like an excuse to bring your dog places it wouldn't usually be allowed. I don't mind small dogs at work, but seeing a full size golden retriever with a therapy dog sign on it at in a GameStop, is ridiculous. If you want to shop with your pet, take it to Petco like
- Is it illegal to only consider “diverse” candidates for a position? Usually it goes the opposite way of course, but I’ve heard of some companies that are obsessed with diversity having job openings that they are only going to fill if they can find a non-white or non-male candidate.
- link Alphabet shareholders reject diversity proposal backed by employees It looks like we are still living in capitalism... but that is changing. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-inc-agm/alphabets-stockholders-vote-against-gender-pay-gap-diversity-proposals-idUSKCN1J22BS P.S. Next time being reached by a Google recruiter, I have to answer that "unfortunately
- Are women hired to balance the gender ratio? I have some male friends who think that some of the female software engineers are hired only because they are women and not because of their talent. They think that software companies want to balance the gender ratio and that's why they hire women even though they are not as talented. Is anyone from
- Not extended an offer... Recruiter called to tell me I ace’d the interview but that they can’t extend an offer until they interview a diversity candidate as per the “new policy.” Is that legal?
- Would Google allow nudists to work? Google seems to be all in on diversity. They have a ton of LGBT and pansexual people. Would they allow naked people to come to work, as long as they’re hygienic and put a towel on their seats?
- Gay couples Are there any gay couples in tech? If yes, how is your daily life? Do you also have kids? Weird question, I know.
- What is your MBTI? Just wondering what the Myers–Briggs types are for the (mostly) tech population here on Blind. I expect lots of thinking types. List your type, gender, and profession. I’m ISTP, female, engineer. Edit: I’m sad there hasn’t been any posts from ISTPs so far.