For years, Google has tried to diversify its workforce and said that it will hire and promote more women and people from racial minorities.
On Wednesday, the company left the goals of the diversity of employees and stated that as a federal supplier, President Trump’s executive regulation had to comply with the diversity, justice and inclusion.
In 2020, Google announced the goal of increasing the number of people from insufficiently represented groups in their team leader by 30 percent in five years.
“We will no longer have aspirive goals in the future,” said Fiona Cicconi, head of Google, questions and answers that were e -mail to the employees and viewed The New York Times.
Google spokesman said the company was “determined to create a workplace where all our employees can succeed and have equal opportunities” and that she has reviewed her programs in the last year. E -mail was reported before U Wall Street Journal.
Like other technology giants, Google responded to the will of Mr. Trump’s election victory. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has removed many of its diversity teams while Amazon reviews Dei.
January 22, Mr. Trump signed a executive order Instruct federal suppliers not to deal with Dei, which he described as “unlawful discrimination”. With its cloud calculation, Google provides the Federal Government of the Technology Service.
Google also launched a review Dei, which could result in a reduction in other programs and initiatives of the company, said Mrs. Cicconi in -mail.
The company “carefully” evaluates programs, training and initiatives “and will update them as needed,” she said. The company will consider whether some of them “increase the risk” or “are not as impressive as we have hoped.”
Google reported last year The fact that 5.7 percent of its workforce was black, from 3.7 percent in 2020. And 7.5 percent of its employees were Hispanic or Latino compared to 5.9 percent in 2020.
After killing George Floyd and the subsequent protests in 2020, Google was one of many companies in the United States that committed to hiring and promoting more black and Latin workers. Part Google Access It was to improve the representation to expand his offices in cities like Atlanta and Washington.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Cicconi said that the company would continue to invest in places outside California and New York and that the company would also hire in many countries around the world. She added that the company would continue to have groups of employees resources in which workers from a similar environment can convene.
“We have always been determined to create a workplace where we hire the best people wherever we are, we will create an environment in which everyone can prosper and handle each fair,” Mrs. Cicconi said. “That’s exactly what you can expect to see for the future.”
