Google Visual Recruitment goals include firms leaving
The BBC News understands that Google has become the latest Big US firm, which scraps his goals to recruit more workers from underpared groups, understands BBC News.
After announcing its corporate policies by the company, the decision to release the recruitment goals of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Technology giant is also reviewing some of its other DII programs.
US President Donald Trump and his colleagues have regularly attacked the dei policies. Since returning to the White House two weeks ago, Trump has ordered government agencies to abolish such an initiative.
“We are committed to creating a workplace, where all our employees can succeed and get equal opportunities,” said a Google spokesman.
“We have updated our (annual investor report) language to reflect it, and our teams as a federal contractor are also evaluating the necessary changes after court decisions and executive orders on the subject.”
The story was first told by Wall Street Journal.
Between 2021 and 2024, Google’s investor reports stated their commitment to create “diversity, equity, and whatever we do”. The line is not in its latest report, which was published on Wednesday.
In recent years, Google was an outspoken supporter of the targets, after the assassination of George Floid in 2020 and after his death.
At that time, Google’s Chief Executive, Sundar Pichai set a five -year target to increase the number of leaders, which came from groups of up to 30%.
According to the company, the number of black people in leadership roles almost doubled between 2020 and last year. Google also said that it has seen women and Latin people an increase in its leadership.
Google is the latest leading company to make a U-turn on its diversity policies.
Meta, Amazon, Pepsi, McDonald’s, Walmart and others have withdrawn their DEI programs.
Apple is standing out against this trend. Last month, the Board of Tech Giants asked investors to vote against the proposal to abolish their diversity policies.
The proposal of the Conservative Group, the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) asked the iPhone manufacturer to end his Dei policies, saying that they expose the firms to “litigation, iconic and financial risks”.
Last week, the retail chain target was sued by a group of shareholders, headed by Riviera Beach Police Pension Fund in Florida, who said that the firm allegedly hidden risks related to his DEI policies by the firm. They were cheated.
The lawsuit mentioned 2023 backlash on the LGBTQ+ merchandise at its store, which led to a decline in both its sales and its share price.
After the announcement of the target, there was a case that she would end her DEI goals.
In the latest example of rejection of such policies of Trump administration, the US President estimated last week, without providing evidence that DEI led an air crash at Washington DC.
This comment was in line with the White House efforts to undo such programs after less than 24 hours of the accident.
