Facebook, slowly, improves diversity within the company

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Systemic inequalities have been addressed at Facebook, and slowly but surely, the company is evolving to reduce these disparities.

Regardless of this slow progression, an upward trend of inclusivity at Facebook is clearly evident. Filepic

According to the Chief Diversity Officer Maxine Williams,"Facebook has committed to increase the representation of leadership in the company. For the most part, the ethnicity representation in all types of roles - technical, non-technical, and leadership - has steadily increased since 2014. Across the board, however, technical roles are made up mostly of white men. Overall, over the past six years the representation of women in the company has increased from 31% to 37%; in terms of technical roles, this has jumped from 15% to 24.1%.

 

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