| the-pi-guy said: I really don't get the point. What's so wrong with initiatives to increase diversity? Whether something is bad for business, doesn't matter. It's ulimately the company's decision. Considering this is google, I highly doubt it's actually hurting their business all that much... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-diversity-makes-us-smarter/ There's actually a lot of studies that show diversity is actually a powerful tool. It actually improves the majority as well. So if Google is hiring a slightly less qualified employee to increase diversity, that might end up being the better hire, because it'll also improve everyone else's performance. There are a lot of studies that support that. Was the memo right? Not really. Was Google right in firing him? I don't know. The answer is probably though. Who knows how keeping him under their employ would have affected his coworkers, I don't think it would have been positive for Google. |
So you're saying it's ok to discriminate based on race or sex?
