Amazon cuts workforce diversity reference from annual filing amid Trump-led backlash against DEI Amazon scrubbed a reference to workforce diversity from its annual 10-K report this morning, reflecting a broader corporate retreat from… Read More
Microsoft D&I cuts impact two positions — company says main team and larger goals remain intact Reports of D&I’s death at Microsoft are greatly exaggerated. That’s the gist of the company’s response to a media snowball… Read More
Tech CEOs and professors on how the Supreme Court affirmative action ruling could impact hiring Last month’s Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions may have ripple effects beyond education and into… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Data journalist Sherrell Dorsey on her new book, ‘Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us’ Sherrell Dorsey grew up in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood and started interning at Microsoft at 14 years old, leveraging a… Read More
How this Seattle startup is helping shift HR diversity efforts from ‘touchy-feely’ to data driven The news: Seattle startup Included raised a $1.9 million pre-seed round from FlyingFish, SignalFire and Ascend. Putting data in DEI: In the… Read More
DEI tech reimagines workplace equity and attracts investors amid mounting calls for change When Kim Vu joined fintech startup Remitly as the head of diversity and inclusion two years ago, she spent hours… Read More
Amazon’s diversity and inclusion leader, Elizabeth Nieto, leaving for job at Spotify in New York Elizabeth Nieto, the leader of Amazon’s Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team, is leaving the Seattle tech giant unexpectedly for… Read More
