Google unleashes diversity goals by quoting Trump's DEI order

For many years, Google has sought to diversify its workforce. It said it would hire and promote more women and racial minorities.

On Wednesday, the company abandoned its employee diversity goals and said it was necessary for federal contractors to comply with President Trump's executive orders against diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

In 2020, Google announced its goal of increasing the number of people in underrated groups of its leadership team by 30% within five years.

“In the future, we no longer have ambitious goals,” Google's Chief Human Resources Officer Fiona Cicconi said that employees were emailed in Q&A, and that the New York Times saw it. I did.

A Google spokesperson said the company was “committed to creating a workplace where all employees can be successful and have equal opportunities,” and it reviewed the program last year. This email was previously reported by the Wall Street Journal.

Like other tech giants, Google responded to Dei's backlash, bolstered by Trump's election victory. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, eliminates many of its diversity teams, and Amazon is reviewing the DEI program.

On January 22, Trump signed an executive order directing federal contractors not to engage in DEI. Through its cloud computing arm, Google provides technology services to the federal government.

Google has also begun reviewing DEIs, potentially causing the company to cut additional programs and initiatives, Cicconi said in an email.

The company will “carefully evaluate programs, training and initiatives and update them as needed,” she said. The company will consider whether some of them “increase risk” or “not as influential as we wanted.”

Last year, Google reported that 5.7% of the workforce is black from 3.7% in 2020, and 7.5% of its employees are Hispanic or Latino compared to 5.9% in 2020.

After the murder of George Floyd and the protest in 2020, Google is one of many companies in the US and has pledged to hire and promote more black and Latino workers. Part of Google's approach to improving representation was to expand offices in cities such as Atlanta and Washington.

On Wednesday, Cicconi said the company will continue to invest in places outside California and New York, and will also employ it in many countries around the world. She added that the company continues to have a resource group of employees that can be convened by workers from similar backgrounds.

“We've always been committed to creating a workplace that hires the best people wherever we run. We create an environment where everyone can thrive and handle it justly. ” Cicconi said. “That's exactly what you can see in the future.”