Tech companies supply some of the most financially beneficial jobs on the market. According to Tarika Barrett of Girls Who Code, technical jobs pay twice the average salary. By 2020, there could be 1 million unfilled tech jobs.Diversity in the tech industry is crucial for technical progress. CNBC's Jon Fortt described it like this: "Women, people of color, often have different experiences.
According to the available data from 10 major U.S. tech companies gathered between 2014 and 2019, the percentage of women in these workforces increased less than 2%. The reports that specified gender and race said most of these women were White. The gender data doesn't consider transgender or gender nonconforming employees, and only one of the 10 companies reported nonbinary employee demographics.
The percentage of Black employees increased less than 3% during the same period. The number of Hispanic employees increased about 1% and the number of Indigenous employees decreased about .01%. The diversity data shows that Asian employees made up about 30% of tech workforces in 2019. CNBC explored why it's challenging for Big Tech to diversify and what experts say should be done to solve the problem. Watch CNBC's deep-dive into the lack of diversity in U.S. tech companies.
If you aren’t hiring the MOST QUALIFIED...then you ARE discriminating!
When i hear diversity, it sounds like they mean anti-white. Less white people. It is ominous and I dont think people really understand the verbiage relates to actions
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... & in organised crime-- child abuse & human traficing!
carrybeyond Because Mark Zuckerberg is a white nationalist. DeleteFacebook
But gained nonetheless ...
In fairness though, they've made some middle aged white guys very rich indeed. So,...
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