so essentially you want to be known as company which discriminate white people and men in particular and prefer gender or race over several skills, good luck with such reputation, be sure I will always choose company not known for having these practices when shopping around
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Of course we don't - and it's rather disingenuous to say we do.
We want to promote diversity where we can, and if you walked into our office today you'd be surprised at the balance we've got.
My statement was highlighting what the current state of tech is, and to make a more gender diverse working space i would have to sacrifice quality / skills / talent, which I will not do.
But if I am not willing to sacrifice, how am I supposed to have a more diverse space?
> to make a more gender diverse working space i would have to sacrifice quality / skills / talent, which I will not do.
The main point here I've already addressed in my reply to your parent comment, but there's an additional point worth making.
There are now two (to my knowledge) studies that show diverse teams outperform heterogenious teams. The diverse teams feel less comfortable because your team members might fail the "would I enjoy working with you on a sunday" test, or the "do I want to go for a beer with you" test, but the additional perspectives provide meaningful insight
Edit: The point being that assessing team members on the basis of individual skill misses an important point about the way teams behave as a whole
why should you have more diverse space if there are no suitable diverse candidates?
that's like expecting that photo models should be ugly women as well or sellers should be rude people to have diversity just for the sake of diversity
Because the first few generations of people will always lack the skill or confidence where they feel like a minority, ideally you want to create an environment where they all can flourish together; but not everyone se's things this way - and businesses more than anything expect immediate returns on their investments.
As OP has stated, and I concur - diversity always encourages one to be more empathic, and generally leads to better teams.
Side note - your definition / standards of beauty or customer service will be wildly different to mine, which will be wildly different to someone on the other end of the planet. You can have diverse teams, with varying strengths and weaknesses in individuals but still be a net positive.