Nobody argues that. The OP said “the ultimate goal is...” and many people would argue against decreasing labor costs as the ultimate goal. More like a side effect.
If diversity caused lower wages then we'd see a proactive push among corporations to create inclusive cultures to invite that situation. But we don't, because it doesn't.
>we'd see a proactive push among corporations to create inclusive cultures to invite that situation. But we don't
Wait, are you saying there has not been a push among corporations to increase diversity?
>In 2003, MIT professor Thomas Kochan noted that companies were spending an estimated $8 billion a year on diversity efforts. But since Trump’s election, and with the emergence of movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, the industry has exploded. A 2019 survey of 234 companies in the S&P 500 found that 63% of the diversity professionals had been appointed or promoted to their roles during the past three years. In March 2018, the job site Indeed reported that postings for diversity and inclusion professionals had risen 35% in the previous two years.
1) Unemployment for software engineers is negative, there's way more room to hire skilled people before salaries become the reason people switch amongst top companies.
2) The poster I replied to stated that lower labor costs were the primary goal - and I refuted that. You seem to think I am stating something I am not.
sjtindell|5 years ago
buzzkillington|5 years ago
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TehCorwiz|5 years ago
banads|5 years ago
Wait, are you saying there has not been a push among corporations to increase diversity?
>In 2003, MIT professor Thomas Kochan noted that companies were spending an estimated $8 billion a year on diversity efforts. But since Trump’s election, and with the emergence of movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, the industry has exploded. A 2019 survey of 234 companies in the S&P 500 found that 63% of the diversity professionals had been appointed or promoted to their roles during the past three years. In March 2018, the job site Indeed reported that postings for diversity and inclusion professionals had risen 35% in the previous two years.
https://time.com/5696943/diversity-business/
buzzkillington|5 years ago
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omershapira|5 years ago
People who ignore how large their competition was to begin with tend to develop terminal exceptionalism.
buzzkillington|5 years ago
This isn't even a strawman in this case, since the company in question is literally cutting pay to its workers for the sake of minorities.
The capitalists are very good at starting a race war to keep workers from uniting.
voz_|5 years ago
2) The poster I replied to stated that lower labor costs were the primary goal - and I refuted that. You seem to think I am stating something I am not.
amznthrwaway|5 years ago
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