Joining the ranks of other tech titans who are reevaluating their approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Google has now reportedly decided to abandon its aim of increasing the number of employees it hires from historically underrepresented groups and to examine some diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
Google stated in an email addressed to its employees on Wednesday that it would no longer be setting hiring targets in an effort to increase the company’s workforce’s representation.
Following the death of George Floyd in 2020, Google established a goal of raising the proportion of leadership representation of underrepresented groups by thirty percent by the year 2025.
This goal was made in response to cries for racial justice.
Historically, people of African and Latino descent have been underrepresented in the field of technology. 5.7% of Google’s employees in the United States were Black, and 7.5% were Latino, according to the company’s diversity report for 2024. Before the passage of four years, the percentages stood at 3.7% and 5.9%, respectively.
Since 2014, Google has been publishing annual diversity reports, and the company recently said that it is considering whether or not to continue doing so.
In the context of a more comprehensive analysis of DEI-related funds, training, and activities, the evaluation is a component.
Furthermore, Google stated that it was analyzing recent judicial judgments and executive directives issued by President Trump with the intention of reducing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the government and federal contractors.
It was announced by the corporation that it would continue to start new offices and grow existing ones in cities that had diverse workforces.
Google has stated that it will continue to maintain its resource groups for employees that are underrepresented.
Earlier this month, the company that owns Facebook, Meta Platforms, terminated the team that was responsible for managing its diversity efforts and also terminated its representation objectives for interviewing and recruiting women and members of minority groups.
During the month of December, Amazon informed its workforce that it will be discontinuing a number of its diversity programs by the year 2024.
Several firms have been the focus of shareholder proposals that try to put a halt to diversity, equity, and inclusion activities.
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