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Slack exec won’t back diversity quotas

on Sep 13, 2016 | 0 comments

By Kyle O'Brien

Leslie Miley, director of engineering for team communications app Slack, has come out against diversity quotas. According to TechCrunch, Miley said that the inherent lack of diversity in Silicon Valley should not resort to quotas to fill the voids.

Miley noted at a talk on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF that Silicon Valley has a huge problem with diversity, but that companies need to look outside the usual recruiting areas to grab a more diverse group of employees. As such, Slack has blind coding test examinations for potential candidates, and they look outside of Silicon Valley for talent, including opening an Read full story ›

Source: The Drum