Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said at an employee all-hands meeting on Tuesday that the company would continue to keep its diversity report private, according to notes from the meeting obtained by Business Insider and confirmed by current employees.Īt the meeting, Spiegel said releasing diversity data would reinforce the idea that minority groups are underrepresented in the tech industry. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.The company and Spiegel have been outspoken about their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, but former Snapchat employees recently told Mashable that they experienced a racist culture, including from leadership, while working for the company.After this article published, a Snap spokesperson said the company wsa working on its own version of a diversity report and was "fully committed to publicly releasing our diversity numbers, along with more context and plans for meaningful action." The spokesperson declined to give any more details except to say it would be "in the near term.".The CEO told employees that the company's diversity breakdown was in line with those of other Silicon Valley tech companies, which heavily skew white and male.Snap's decision not to release diversity reports is a break from major tech companies, which have generally released their diversity numbers to the public.At a company all-hands meeting on Tuesday, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel addressed concerns of racism at the company but said he would not release diversity numbers, sources told Business Insider.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
0 kommentar(er)
