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06-21-2017, 06:38 AM
Pipeline problem? This tech company says '** excuses' with a transparent diversity report
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Silicon Valley is k**wn for being white and male.*
Square isn't different. It is, however, different in how it's talking about addressing that issue.*
The payments company, led by Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, released its first-ever diversity report (https://squareup.com/news/diversity-report) Tuesday that justified the same-old narrative, with numbers. Overall, 63.3 percent of the company is male and 57.3 percent is white.*
The company isn't letting that go or justifying the dismay with excuses.*
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"We believe ongoing improvements to sourcing and hiring processes are driving some of this progress. We don’t subscribe to a 'pipeline' excuse; we’ve been able to draw from the current pipeline, in particular for new college grads," Square wrote in its diversity report.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/20/square-diversity-report-pipeline-problem-inclusion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Silicon Valley is k**wn for being white and male.*
Square isn't different. It is, however, different in how it's talking about addressing that issue.*
The payments company, led by Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, released its first-ever diversity report (https://squareup.com/news/diversity-report) Tuesday that justified the same-old narrative, with numbers. Overall, 63.3 percent of the company is male and 57.3 percent is white.*
The company isn't letting that go or justifying the dismay with excuses.*
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/X3Kzyc7LQirMh1oLm4wqgRX4448=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F513932%2Ff7a6ed35-54f4-4d25-b360-9d169e01ac96.png
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"We believe ongoing improvements to sourcing and hiring processes are driving some of this progress. We don’t subscribe to a 'pipeline' excuse; we’ve been able to draw from the current pipeline, in particular for new college grads," Square wrote in its diversity report.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/20/square-diversity-report-pipeline-problem-inclusion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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