Comment by typewithrhythm
2 months ago
This does not align with any published goal of a dei program, or the actions of people who are saying "I am doing DEI".
2 months ago
This does not align with any published goal of a dei program, or the actions of people who are saying "I am doing DEI".
This is (anti)-wishful thinking.
The goal of the DEI program in my company was along the lines of:
"Last year, 20% of all PhDs in areas we hire for were women. Yet only 7% of our actual PhD hires were women. Why?"
Whether the actual implementation solved this problem is a different matter. The goal, however, was to reduce bias.
This aligns with my experience with a couple of DEI (or similar) programs at large tech as well. Coupled with really basic training that amounted to "Unconscious bias exists and it can happen to you, make sure you judge candidates by their performance and nothing else", which always seemed pretty reasonable to me.