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Diversity in Tech Ep. 2/8 | Diversity Workforce Reports

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Diversity in Tech Ep. 2/8 | Diversity Workforce Reports
By Kerry from Try Catch • Issue #4 • View online
Afternoon, Thursday.
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The November topic of Try Catch Essentials is Diversity in Tech.
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In this edition, we’ll be looking at a selection of the most recent Diversity Workforce Reports from FAANG+.
This is a data-rich issue, but as we mentioned in the last issue, it’s important to know what we’re working with - quantification is fundamental to the scientific method which affects how we collect and interpret data.
Diversity Workforce Reports have all but become compulsory for these tech giants since 2014 - in this newsletter, we’re highlighting the data that these companies have voluntarily published.
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Up-to-Date Diversity Reports
Below, you’ll find several Try Catch created charts, populated with data from each company’s most up-to-date official Diversity Workforce Reports.
Amazon does not publish their tech workforce demographics, so they have not been included in our charts.
Data Collected 06/11/2019 | Non-binary indentification was not reported.
Data Collected 06/11/2019 | Non-binary indentification was not reported.
We’ve excluded Twitter because their Diversity Report consisted of only U.S.-populated data.
Data Collected 06/11/2019 | + denotes additional identities grouped included for plotting
Data Collected 06/11/2019 | + denotes additional identities grouped included for plotting
The ethnicity chart totals under 100 because datasets did not present their distributions in a uniform manner - for reference clarity: our chart has omitted fields not populated by each company’s individual report.
We’ve included these data plots because of the inconsistencies of how each company defines their value qualifiers and populates their respective charts - making it difficult to incorporate them together on a single, easy-to-read chart.
What we have found comparing these two datasets is that self-identifying white males are still over represented in the most recent overall workforce distribution reports.
The Essential Read is deft at synthesizing the data into digestible prose and also includes a 2014/2019 comparison in their charts, ostensibly from the same dataset we accessed.
As the industry continues to move forward on the Diversity and Inclusion fronts, the self-reporting of companies as well as external organization is integral to the accountability of these measures.
The official reports vary greatly in length, density, value qualifiers, and datasets making comparative conclusions incredibly difficult to conceptualize.
However, if seeing the numbers and diving through these reports sounds like a good ol’ time, you’ll find the reports linked near the bottom of the newsletter.
The Essential Read
Five Years of Tech Diversity Reports - and Little Progress
Five Years of Tech Diversity Reports - and Little Progress
Wired has made the most comprehensive roundup of the most contemporary company reports with good insight about what their interpretation of these numbers. A concise and thoughtful piece that makes it the essential read for a one-stop consideration of the data sets.
Note: our collection of the respective data sets has led to different values than those included in
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The Additional Reads
Diversity in Tech via Information is Beautiful
Diversity in Tech via Information is Beautiful
A visualization useful as an overview of the YOY changes per company according to reported data. There’s a few broken image links on the Y-axis rendering a clear deduction difficult, however you can also view their data spreadsheet.
Note: The database is populated by annual report data up until 2017.
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5 Year Impact Report via Tech Inclusion
5 Year Impact Report via Tech Inclusion
Tech Inclusion is an organization set out to build inclusive tech ecosystems globally. They have self reported their own Diversity Report of the group and it’s interesting to see their meta-composition.
Note: You’ll have to give up your email to view their full report, but their infographic serves its function of at-a-glance information.
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Official Diversity Reports by Company:
We are operating under the assumption that because this data predates the most recent rebrand and parent company creation - this information pertains only to Facebook and not to FACEBOOK.
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Apple includes a lot of fine-print on their charts, so take careful notice of this first, before drawing any conclusions. Keep in mind the distinctions between their tech and retail populations which vary greatly - proving their overall values to be a median not clearly representative of either division’s subset of data.
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Interesting to note that Netflix’s Diversity report lives within its careers page. It is updated quarterly, and there doesn’t seem to be a way to reference previous reports.
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Google’s 48-page self-report details their data, Inclusion policies, and their organization’s desire to have staff diversity reflect their consumer base.
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We strive to create an environment that helps Microsoft capitalize on the diversity of its people and the inclusion of ideas and solutions to meet the needs of its increasingly global and diverse customer base.
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Here is Twitter’s full 2018 D&I Report, published in March 2019, so we can reasonably expect a full report diving deeper into their projected company targets for 2019 to be published next year.
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Who to Follow
Wayne Sutton is the co-founder of Change Catalyst and Tech Inclusion, both were created with the intent of promoting diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. This year, Wayne co-founded The Icon Project, with the mission to build emotionally intelligent Black and Brown men within the tech industry. He has been recognized by numerous publications and is regarded as a tech diversity and inclusion space thought-leader. You can follow him on linkedin, twitter, and instagram.
Next Up
We’ll be in your inbox again Monday morning at 9:10 discussing Diversity in VC Funding.
We’ll peak into the diversity published diversity reports and introduce another Essential Read about the topic.
Stay Connected
Feedback is incredibly important to us, hit reply or email kerry@trycatch.tech with any comments, suggestions, or to ask for a list of radically contrasting disambiguations of the D&I initialism.
See you Monday!
~Kerry
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