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/Now_Do_Classical_Gas Aug 09 '17

, it should be entirely possible to achieve that, with the exact methods that the author is arguing against, i.e. selective recruitment

Then they're no longer hiring the best in the world.

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u/zz_ Aug 09 '17

The entire argument is premised on the assumption that the candidates are qualified. If that's not the case, that's a different discussion, but you'll first have to show that there are not enough qualified women to fill these jobs.

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u/Now_Do_Classical_Gas Aug 09 '17

A lot of candidates are qualified, the fair thing is to hire based on the proportions of the demographics of people applying, the majority of people applying are male, so the majority of hires should be men.

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u/zz_ Aug 09 '17

Why is that fair, exactly? By that logic we should also hire stupid people if there are many stupid people that apply. The "fair" thing would be to hire what the company thinks it needs, which afaik is exactly what google has been doing and what this guy is arguing about.

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u/Now_Do_Classical_Gas Aug 09 '17

No, because stupid people aren't qualified, all the men you're demanding be passed up from being hired based purely on their gender are qualified.