Google scraps diversity hiring policies
Google office. Photo: WSJ
Google, part of the Alphabet holding, has announced a review of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology in terms of hiring from historically underrepresented groups, The Guardian reports.
The company confirmed the changes in its annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), removing a line saying it was “committed to making diversity, equity and inclusion part of everything we do and to growing a workforce that is representative of the users we serve.” This statement had been included in reports from 2021 to 2023.
In an internal memo, Google's HR Chief Fiona Cicconi explained that the company would no longer adhere to such goals.
This move follows similar recent actions by other tech giants:
- Meta (formerly Facebook) announced the end of its DEI programs, including those for hiring, training, and supplier selection.
- Amazon is scaling back various representation and inclusion initiatives.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that Facebook and Instagram allowed users to refer to transgender individuals as mentally ill.
Read also
A UOC priest was injured in a drone strike in Belopolye
Priest Maxim Andrukhov received shrapnel wounds to his hand, head and leg, his mother Valentina was also injured.
Culture Ministry allows possibility of handing Lavra’s “Afghan” church to OCU
The Ministry of Culture is ready to consider handing over to the OCU the Resurrection Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, known as the “Afghan” church.
In Cyprus, enthronement of new Metropolitan of Paphos held amid protests
The enthronement of the new Paphos hierarch was performed by Archbishop Georgios of Cyprus at St. Theodore’s Cathedral.
Official complains that believers are defending monastery in Kremenets
The director of the Kremenets Reserve complained that a large number of believers gathered at the monastery to support the monastic community during an attempted inspection.
Two monks tonsured into Great Schema at Sviatohirsk Lavra
By the blessing of Metropolitan Arseniy, the tonsure was performed privately: for two of the monastery's eldest monks, aged 89 and 82.
Phanar head mentions Dumenko at Liturgy with Patriarchs of Bulgaria and Romania
The Bulgarian and Romanian Churches have not made decisions to recognize the OCU.