Microsoft Workforce Is 70 Percent Male, 60 Percent White, 29 Percent Asian; Only 5 percent Hispanic and 3.5 Percent Black

[Seece]

The Fury said:

Seece said:
Why do people assume people of race/sexuality (which doesn't get brought up and isn't always obvious) ect are giving them a leg up? There are a few cases I'm sure where someone of minority got hired because of that (mainly government) but you'd be lying if you said the exact opposite doesn't happen.

Stop assuming white straight males are "the best" and so should be hired over everyone else.

I don't think anyone is assuming white males are the best. I think are trying to highlight the idea that releasing this information and then HR departments saying things like 'We are trying to diversify the work force' is redundent as it should be the best person for the job. 100% of people hired for MS were the best for their job because they should be the best, not because they were a latina female.

But in an industry where majority of those applying are white males, the best that is hired might just be a white male. If they want more diversity they need to goto the route of the issue and that is education, get more people into their field and you'll have more to hire later.

The way I take it is, these companies are trying to appear friendly to all types of people, doesn't mean they will hire you if you're not the best for the job.

If you have a work place that is predominantly straight white male, and the business doesn't promote that it is diverse and friendly to minorities, it becomes incredibly less appealing for those minorities to apply thus that company could be missing out on the best candidate.

They're trying to cast their nets as wide as they can to get the person.