Since 2014, Google has more than doubled its workforce but made minimal progress toward a more representative one. The numbers are similar across the industry. This lack of diversity – as of May, Google reported that 5.9% of its employees and contractors are Latino and 3.7% are Black – extends up through the ranks of top executives, entrepreneurs who found companies, and venture capitalists who invest in startups. — Dreamstime/TNS
It seemed like tech was turning a corner.
For years, the industry’s giants had resisted calls to disclose workforce diversity data, making it difficult to pinpoint precisely how much whiter and more male Silicon Valley was than the population at large. But Google’s 2014 decision to publish the racial and gender breakdown of its workforce appeared to signal a sea change.
