What “diversity and inclusion” means at Microsoft
I work at a different FAANG and it seems like more and more the only news that we get from corporate is related to DEI. Also a lot of hiring details are now hidden from ICs. It used to be that you would be apart of the interview panel as an interviewer and then you would get together with your team afterwards and everyone on the team would vote yes/no and that would pretty much be it. Now it’s made by a manager elsewhere and you have no idea why the decision was made.<p>I do worry that my kids won’t be diverse enough to be able to get into a decent school or get a good job like I was able to when they’re older.<p>We used to argue for equality, a level playing field, for all. Now we’ve had the rug swapped from underneath us.<p>It’s no longer about equality of opportunity, it’s about equality of outcome. To quote Kamala Harris’ recent remarks “to make sure everyone ends up in the same place”, i.e. “equity”