No, it's that thing where white guys complain that women and minorities are being hired instead of them even though there is no objective evidence of that.
Companies generally don't use DEI in hiring decisions since this would be a violation of anti discrimination laws (they protect white guys too). DEI only applies to the start of the hiring process to get more female and diversity candidates. Candidates still need the skills and background to make it the rest of the way. So when you hear someone complain about DEI, it's really a complaint that they no longer have the skills to get hired.
That’s how it gets described sometimes, but it’s about as accurate a description as “US white men prioritize hiring white men over any other demographic unless they are actively discouraged from doing so”.
One of the things to come out of discovery in the Damore lawsuit was Google's head of HR declaring a moratorium on hiring white males. Technically a Civil Rights Act violation, but more commonly practiced and tolerated on the downlow than one might suppose absent insider information like what came out of discovery in the Damore lawsuit.
One of the things to come out of discovery in the Damore lawsuit was Google's head of HR declaring a moratorium on hiring white males.
Do you have a source for this? The closest thing I could find is [1], which says some Google employee (not the head of HR) suggested such a moratorium on an internal mailing list. It’s not clear that such a policy was ever implemented or even seriously considered.
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Is this that US thing I heard about where women and minorities of color get hiring priority over white men?
No, it's that thing where white guys complain that women and minorities are being hired instead of them even though there is no objective evidence of that.
Companies generally don't use DEI in hiring decisions since this would be a violation of anti discrimination laws (they protect white guys too). DEI only applies to the start of the hiring process to get more female and diversity candidates. Candidates still need the skills and background to make it the rest of the way. So when you hear someone complain about DEI, it's really a complaint that they no longer have the skills to get hired.
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That’s how it gets described sometimes, but it’s about as accurate a description as “US white men prioritize hiring white men over any other demographic unless they are actively discouraged from doing so”.
One of the things to come out of discovery in the Damore lawsuit was Google's head of HR declaring a moratorium on hiring white males. Technically a Civil Rights Act violation, but more commonly practiced and tolerated on the downlow than one might suppose absent insider information like what came out of discovery in the Damore lawsuit.
Do you have a source for this? The closest thing I could find is [1], which says some Google employee (not the head of HR) suggested such a moratorium on an internal mailing list. It’s not clear that such a policy was ever implemented or even seriously considered.
[1]: https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james...