Google hires former Intel exec as VP of Diversity

Soon they will hire a VP for snowflakes.

VP of f***ing DIVERSITY?!?!?! That's not a real job. What is this world coming to?

So this is what a 'Gender Studies' degree is for....

"No one ever says that about white men, just everyone else. Interesting." I'm not sure what your comment means?

Neither does he.

Trying to guess at the meaning from Ara's ""No one ever says that about white men, just everyone else. Interesting." If the article implied (supports) some sort of racist/sexist bias toward white males, I am sure this would be mentioned. But instead it implies (supports) a sexist bias, to hire on gender instead of ability.

No one is going to hire anyone if they don't have the ability to do a job. And even if they were giving priority to minorities and woman that only gets them a foot in door. It doesn't keep them employed if they're doing a bad job.

"No one is going to hire anyone if they don't have the ability to do a job." Actually, this happens any time "affirmative action" is in place. " And even if they were giving priority to minorities and women" In other words, even if they were outright racist and sexist... ."...that only gets them a foot in door." Not at all. This priority based on race and sex instead of real qualifications encourages hiring those who aren't qualified. "It doesn't keep them employed if they're doing a bad job." If there is affirmative action in place. it is hard to fire unqualified individuals of favored groups, as it will harm the quota. Why not get rid of all racism and sexism and hire only on ability and real qualifications?

Affirmative Action is codified discrimination. You hire less qualified people to meet a quota. Then you need to hire a second person to make sure the work that one person should be doing, gets done. This leads to technology which eliminates both jobs.

Diversity is always a distraction and will never take a company anywhere - in my opinion. Need to focus on pay per performance and hire the best fit candidate.

"Diversity is always a distraction and will never take a company anywhere - in my opinion. Need to focus on pay per performance and hire the best fit candidate." Exactly. Hire on ability, instead of a supremacist idea. Because that's what it really is when you give "priority" only to members of favored groups.

Oh boy, here comes the BS, Google is in for a load of baloney. Google's now doomed.

That's funny. Why don't they just hire women then? I mean they make less so doesn't that make sense??

"That's funny. Why don't they just hire women then? I mean they make less so doesn't that make sense??" Take it up with Google's new Ministry of Micro-aggressions.

The truth is that every time people start talking about "diversity" it's Men who happen to be White, who feel threatened. You know why? Because its about power. If a company has quotas, so what? Isn't racist to assume that a Black female who was hired at a Tech company was given the job because of her race and not her ability? Barack Obama, regardless of the problems you have with him, was a US Senator for 4 years and a State Senator for 10 years before becoming President and people said he won because he was Black. He had more experience in public office than President Lincoln and the current POTUS, Donald Trump. So, to all you affirmative action haters out there, I ask you this: With Donald Trump had absolutely no experience in public office, and given his problems with Bankruptcies and failed business ventures, (and it shows), would it be safe to assume that He won the Presidency because he was a White Male and NOT because of his ability?

I don't know what Trump has to do with it, but I can tell you that in my company, which actively cares about diversity, being a white male like myself is absolutely a reason to feel threatened by "diversity."
I have seen and continue to see white males fired for behavior that any other race or gender at the company exhibiting the same behavior would never, under any circumstance be fired for. (Like my one coworker who liked to yell at our supervisor and punch holes in the wall.) I know that white fellows like myself aren't really allowed to talk about it or take offense at it, and I don't.
You have to just accept this reality, because whites have been benefiting for so long from all the preferential treatment (I've heard about, but never actually seen or experienced). I am just grateful that after interviewing for the job I am overqualified for and being turned down three times in favor of more "suitable" candidates, I was finally hired and given the privilege of doing their work for them (the ones hired over me) because they don't understand what to do. I consider it my small part in moving toward equality, because I am, in fact, white and a male, so I have no right to complain about any perceived issues.
Like I said, I am just thankful for an opportunity to provide for my family, even though I know that by having a job I am depriving someone with diversity of an opportunity they are inherently more deserving of than myself.

Dude you make very little since why don't you quit while you still behind? White men are not feel threatened , but they are frequently targeted for all kinds of reason and without much chance of backlash., other than on social media.Why don't you ask Hillary of what she thought of BHO winning the dim nomination, especially about the experience part. As for Trump you clearly don't know what you talking about, and has nothing to do of Google's idiotic SJW experiment.

A quota in and of itself *is* racist. On paper, it sounds ok, but you're assuming there's equal amounts of *qualified* people applying. Even then, you're discriminating against one group in favor of another. The big issue here is you don't get equally qualified people applying, so a person with a 4.0GPA is passed for a person with a 3.5GPA because the 3.5GPA is needed for a quota. Saying past governing experience means you can be president isn't logical. He has had some experience that will translate. The main reason he won is CNN lies about him and people saw that. They didn't mention the 12 year old girl Hillary said "seeked out older men" when she was abducted (not sure if I can say the R word here), they just mention his tapes that were boasting like XBox Live kids. They don't mention the $20 million Hillary got from countries that behead gay people, they just make big deals that Trump said he wouldn't overturn marriage equality since it was already decided. They mentioned that Trump was sued over "Diversity Housing" (forcing people in to houses they couldn't afford), but don't mention Trump suing Palm Beach because they made his casino hard to run *because he allowed minorities in*. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-palm-beach-castle-... <--- Check the date on the article

I don't like this type of stuff. A company should only hire based on one's ability. I wonder what does this "diversity" VP do all day XD. Hilarious.

"With Donald Trump had absolutely no experience in public office, and given his problems with Bankruptcies and failed business ventures, (and it shows), would it be safe to assume that He won the Presidency because he was a White Male and NOT because of his ability?" Considering the millions of jobs Obama lost and his choosing to increase the debt by $9 trillion, Trump's bankruptcy looks pretty good now in comparison. Oscar: You are right. Get rid of all the quotas and such, which results in a level playing field.

Yes like Obama didn't inherit a recession which he pulled us through. But I guess Trump is going to make everything better and Obamacare is going to be repealed and replaced.

Furthermore, he's wrong about the jobs. Millions of jobs were added during Obama's administration and unemployment dropped to pre -recession numbers. And Obama's was never under any type of investigation at any moment during his presidency.
Also, your are right about the national debt, which has increased under every President except Jackson. It will increase under Trump as well...

Yeah millions of low paying part time jobs, in the private sector and thousands of well paying jobs in the public sector, the later on borrowed money. Bravo Barry and his disciples. As for national debt and deficit, it is squarely belongs to Congress since it's them who allocate all expenditure. One just needs to go back the last 100 years which party held the majority during that time and one will have answers. ;) Barry didn't even bother to present a budget for most of his presidency, since the last time he did it, even the Dims laughed that one out of the building.

Obama made the recession far worse, and increased the job loss. The recession ended after the Republicans took over the House and were able to balk his economy-destroying efforts, two years into his Presidency. It's fair to call it the Obama Recession. Especially when he passed the wasteful destructive "stimulus package" which caused even more massive job loss.

Oh yeah the Republicans rescued is lol. The same ones that tried to repeal Obamacare 60 times and failed when he was in office. They now have the majority and the Presidency and Still can't repeal and replace. But keep drinking that GOP Kool aid.

1/4 female? My work is about 55% female, kind of like the demographics of the area where we are

Why are they assuming the gender of the workforce

Are they also hiring for this Social Justice Warrior department?

The title says they're hiring a new VP of Diversity... Did you not read that? Name one thing more SJW, apart from President of Diversity.

I love how much Garbage is in this comments section. The fact that the irony is lost on most of these people is hilarious.

If this were the 1960s, the same types of people would support Jim Crow as now support punishing people for the wrong sex and race in "diversity" hiring plans.

"Oh yeah the Republicans rescued is lol. The same ones that tried to repeal Obamacare 60 times and failed when he was in office. They now have the majority and the Presidency and Still can't repeal and replace. But keep drinking that GOP Kool aid." It's not so much that Republicans did anything great, but it was that Nancy Pelosi wasn't in power any more; her reign of error starting in 2006 resulted in the economic collapse. The 2010 election gave us gridlock instead of House Democrats rubbed-stamping Obama's efforts to destroy healthcare, force millions of jobs overseas, and otherwise act against the public interest. As so many matters are best left to the people than to Washington, gridlock is good, as it keeps Washington from passing more horrible legislation.

Nevpairion said: "I love how much Garbage is in this comments section" The only thing "garbage" are diversity policies which are really identical to Jim Crow, and are designed to punish and exclude individuals for having the wrong gender, color, or ethnicity. Google will open itself up to lawsuits from people who are qualified but denied a job due to skin color or sex.

Are you a woman? Do you work in the software industry?

Did you just assume Cricket Jiminy is a cis white male?

Nope, the only one assuming here is you. i asked a question, nothing more, nothing less.

Starfleet Captain: 15 million left the workforce in America under Obama, which is more than 5 million more than joined it. 5 million jobs lost. Defending the gross irresponsibility of Federal debt spending saying it dates back to the Democrat Party hero Andrew Jackson and is thus OK is a curious point to make. We had slavery under Jackson, too. Thankfully it was ended, no thanks to Democrats. Hopefully we can end deficit spending (passing a balanced budget amendment is a good idea). Again, it will be no thanks to Democrats.

I think I'll switch gender. As a female developer I'd get all the jobs I wanted, no matter how stupid I am.

Swap? Did you just imply there were only two? There's 50 bagillion! /s

Here's what bothers me about the ilk that get angry about this sort of thing. They say stop legislating equality, and that this doesn't belong in the government, let the private sector sort it out.
Then they get angry when businesses that can make a change start to do so, because it's still not ok, regardless of the first thing they ranted and raved about. Bottom line is that this industry is plagued by sexism. I live in a pretty liberal city, with a ton of software companies here a couple of which I've worked at for about 5 years total now, and it's here as well. If I am blunt in a meeting with someone people say I'm a straight shooter, I tell it like it is, and that's a quality.
I have literally seen female colleagues with just as much experience behave the same way, and are considered "bitchy" If I am particular with how someone accomplishes a task on a project I'm heading up, and I cite my reasons which are sound, I am seen as particular, someone who really knows their stuff, and knows how to get stuff done. I have seen female colleagues behave the same and are considered bossy, or bitchy, or both. Jokes about the can I talk to your manager hair cut galore etc. I've seen it here on android central, when a woman was the one that explained OP's Dash Charge. She explained it very well, and was on point. She wasn't wearing anything revealing, she was wearing bluejeans and a t-shirt. And yet, the first comments were not about her understanding of the technology, her words, or hell even what she was talking about. The first comments were about how she was flat chested, or wasn't pretty, or was bangable. The same thing happens at software companies. Just talk to ANY woman in the STEM fields, or in IT etc. I can't tell you how many times someone sales "sweetheart that's not how it works" and just regurgitates the same crap she literally just explained but in a more authoritative manner. You may disagree with how Google, or Intel, or any business is trying to fight this issue, but ffs stop just ******** on them and not bringing any actual solutions or ideas to the table because I'm telling you right now, it is a problem. It's 20freakin17, and this is still a problem. And if you have any woman in your life you claim to care for, you'll take the problem seriously and try to be constructive rather than just a dick.