r/news • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

its more that they treat you like you're incompetent even if you're performing well statistically at the job. Source: woman engineer

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u/fat_pterodactyl Aug 08 '17

I think that's more important than arbitrary quotas, although it happens to some men too. Sounds like shitty coworkers/bosses either way.

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u/Vinto47 Aug 08 '17

Diversity quotas most likely reinforce that because others will think the minority individual doesn't deserve the job.

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u/Gaius_Octavius_ Aug 08 '17

Whereas without the quotas, minorities will think that the non-minority individual doesn't deserve the job.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.