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

Goatseye on 06 October 2014
ganoncrotch said:

What has happened from it tho is there is now discrimination against people if they are white males, the % of workforce that is white and male is tracked as tho it is a bad thing to be combatted, regardless of the qualifications which they have at those jobs.

You can't counter discrimination with discrimination to make things right.

They're not really combating policies. The government asks you for a extensive list of employment for a duration.

They go over it to see if employees and candidates were descriminately chosen to fill or to be barred from a firm. It's not like if I got less qualif. than you and because I'm blue, I get a job.

And that goes also for non-white firms, if they hire only minority while barring whites with the same qualification for jobs, somehow they don't receive government benefits.



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Seece on 06 October 2014
Mistershine said:
Seece said:
Love to see their LGBT ratios too, they're very gay friendly.

Why should a company have to be gay friendly? Surely the should be gay indifferent? The same as they shoud be colour/race/sex indifferent and always hire the best person for the job regardless.

Didn't say they HAVE to be (although of course they should be, being gay friendly doesn't mean preferential treatment). I said they were/are gay friendly. Thus I'd like to see the breakdown.

Gay friendly businesses attract more gay people to interview/go jobs there. For instance you wouldn't get many gay folk going for a job at chikafil or whatever it's called.



 

NickK on 06 October 2014

Actually too many Asian. But it is VERY stupid to hire people because of their race. You hire them because you think they are good. LOL



LemonSlice on 06 October 2014

What the heck is the point in "diversifying their workforce"? They're not the Mardi Gras.

It's not fair that someone won't get hired because they don't fit the diversity profile. I doubt they ever ran an ad "now hiring heterosexual white males" or that anyone ever gave two shits during an interview about who the applicants were. Completely unfair and I am disgusted.



Sixteenvolt420 on 06 October 2014
Sharpryno said:
just sucks to know someone can get hired over you because they needs more black people/Hispanic people for diversity in the work force.

Alot of jobs unfortunately do racial hiring. They say we need to end racial profiling, well, almost every company still does it.



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Dunban67 on 06 October 2014
MoHasanie said:
Mistershine said:
What is the point in the article? Is it trying to indirectly infer that Microsoft is racist/sexist?

Thought it was interesting to see how male dominated the tech industry is. Also surprised to see so many Asians and so few Black and Hispanic people. 


You were "surprised" at those numbers?  Really?   I bet you would be surprised the rosters of NFL football teams are 100% male!   

 

You muat not be very aware of the tech workforce  or are very young 

 

iMO we need more women  on NBA and NFL  Rosters 



DarthMetalliCube on 06 October 2014

How stupid.. I never got this logic. You should be rewarded/employed based upon how skilled and hard working you are, not what the freaking color of your skin is or your gender. Now if there are more women than men, blacks, asians, etc, that truly deserve the opportunies more (because of the skill of their craft/work they put in), then awesome. But companies shouldn't have to lower the bar just to being in a more "deverse" crowd. That's completely unfair to those who actually DESERVE the opportunities.

Ironically, by trying to be more "diverse", these people are in fact the ones being racist. 



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iTechHeads on 06 October 2014

Race shouldn't even matter. Hire the most qualified people, regardless of race.



Kane1389 on 06 October 2014
Seece said:
Mistershine said:
Seece said:
Love to see their LGBT ratios too, they're very gay friendly.

Why should a company have to be gay friendly? Surely the should be gay indifferent? The same as they shoud be colour/race/sex indifferent and always hire the best person for the job regardless.

Didn't say they HAVE to be (although of course they should be, being gay friendly doesn't mean preferential treatment). I said they were/are gay friendly. Thus I'd like to see the breakdown.

Gay friendly businesses attract more gay people to interview/go jobs there. For instance you wouldn't get many gay folk going for a job at chikafil or whatever it's called.

Chick Fil A doesnt discriminate against anyone. Their workforce is (generally) know to be one of the most polite ones in the restaurant industry.



Barenziah on 06 October 2014

i like the maids and cleaners at my house being fit latinos & mulattos,very hot,glad they don't push that PC bullshit round my area,don't fancy big hairy queers dusting my mantlepiece

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