Big Tech’s pivot away from diversity efforts

Update: 2024-09-11

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Over the last couple of years, the tech industry has slashed hundreds of thousands of jobs, many of them in recruiting and other departments working to improve diversity. Companies like Meta and Google, which earlier set ambitious hiring and investment goals, have pulled resources from those efforts. As a result, many nonprofit groups set up to train and recruit underrepresented workers are struggling to stay afloat. One prominent person in the field is Lisa Mae Brunson, founder of the nonprofit Wonder Women Tech. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino asked her how things have changed.

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Big Tech’s pivot away from diversity efforts

Marketplace / Marketplace Tech Staff

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Big Tech’s pivot away from diversity efforts

Marketplace / Marketplace Tech Staff

Big Tech’s pivot away from diversity efforts