30 tech companies sign White House diversity pledge

30 tech companies sign White House diversity pledge

30 tech companies sign White House diversity pledge

BY MARIO TRUJILLO 48 Shares

More than 30 tech companies made a commitment to the White House on Wednesday to track and set workforce diversity goals.

The pledge by companies to make their workforce more representatives of the public was signed by a number of high-profile companies including Airbnb, Box, GitHub, GoDaddy, Intel, Lyft, Medium, Pinterest, Spotify, Zynga and others.

The companies pledged to set specific diversity and hiring goals, and also to publish the data openly. They further vowed to "invest in partnerships" to increase the pipeline for tech talent.

"With the eyes of the world on Silicon Valley, today the Obama Administration is announcing new commitments to advance inclusive entrepreneurship and innovation here at home," the White House said in a statement.

While "Tech Inclusive Pledge" sets a general goal to make companies "fully representative" of the U.S. public, it allows companies to set their own pace.

The pledge appears less rigorous and specific that commitments that the Congressional Black Caucus has tried to pressure companies into signing.  

The tech community broadly has a poor track record at diversity.

【转】Intel, airbnb，box 等30科技公司开始搞AA了！

他们今天“接受”奥八的建议，公开承诺设立“多元化”雇工的目标，最终让雇员组成和社会人口组成一致。目前，非裔和拉丁裔占高科技公司雇员的9%，远低于人口的33%。亚裔相对的数字是27% 和7%。

肤色太重要了！批一张深色皮，上大学低300分，找科技工也不用刷题。老中随便进高科技公司的好日子快到头了。