Apple boss says its DEI programmes may change
His comments came as shareholders rejected a call for the firm to consider ending its diversity practices.
No, we voted against that. And DEI is better for Apple in the long run. Be a leader, Tim.
"His comments came just minutes after a majority of shareholders rejected a proposal calling on the tech giant to consider ending its diversity policies, such as the use of race and sex in hiring decisions."
such as the use of race and sex in hiring decisions.”
this is such a misunderstanding of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and it's a shame to see BBC frame it in this way. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies are there to REDUCE the "use of race and sex" in hiring decisions by reducing bias towards majority demographics. There may be policies to promote race/sex in the PRE-hiring process to ensure you have diverse candidates to consider, but it is NOT demographic quotas that override hiring based on merit.
Reminiscent of that historical anecdote about Napoleon (which appears to not be historical in content, but definitely historical due to being very old), of that progression from "Corsican monster lands ..." to "... the Emperor enters his faithful Paris".
May not always work like this, but sometimes it does.
but it is NOT demographic quotas that override hiring based on merit.
That claim would imply that you know exactly the amount of initial bias and how to correct it.
But you don't, you have a set of protected groups, some suggested bias by very approximate aggregated stats (obviously more general than the specific situation), and you "correct it" when choosing among specific people with names and personalities.
Your set of protected groups likely doesn't include neurodivergence, for example ; even if it formally does, it might not in practice - a lot of people sincerely think masking is normal for autistics and not a torture completely unnecessary other than protection from their ape instincts, also called "people skills".
Your level of bias and the needed correction, as I've already said, might be taken from a larger area and applied to a smaller area with a different situation.
Also yes, what you described is similar to quotas, unless HR's and people doing tech interviews don't have endless time resources.
As the legal landscape around this issue evolves, we may need to make some changes to comply, but our north star of dignity and respect for everyone and our work to that end will never waver
Sounds like the goal is to keep pushing for diversity, equity, and inclusion, but they might change tactics to comply with state or federal regulations.
Sounds like they’ll give lip service to DEI in the name of appeasing the shareholders but push to limit it and suck trumpian cock as much as possible
Tim needs to hurry up and retire.
Well, I guess tim apple sucks more dick than we thought :(
Someone should ask Tim if they’ll start firing gay executives since they probably only got the job because they were a DEI hire, right?
As the legal landscape around this issue evolves, we may need to make some changes to comply, but our north star of dignity and respect for everyone and our work to that end will never waver
What issue, Tim? Being inclusive, and supportive of different people, has apparently turned into an issue.
All the two-faced snakes are showing their true nature, now that there's nothing reason to hide
It's not that it's an issue, it's that they are doing what's profitable for them. They never were inclusive and supportive, I think there were mechanisms making DEI stuff a factor in their tax cuts or something.