Google is the latest technical company that rethinks how to deal with diversity, fairness and integration in the workplace as companies face more political pressure from President Trump to decline these initiatives.
The research giant is no longer setting employment goals related to improving representation in the company. This step was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
After invitations to ethnic justice after the killing of the 2020 police of George Floyd, Google set a target to increase 30 % of the “leadership representation of the actress groups” by an incomplete representation “by 2025.
A Google spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that it is re -evaluating the DEI programs, saying that the company is still committed to “creating a workplace where all our employees can succeed and obtain equal opportunities.”
“We have updated the 10-K language to reflect this, and as a federal contractor, our teams also evaluate the required changes after the decisions of the last court and executive orders on this issue,” a Google spokesman said in a statement. It included in an annual report that companies must submit to the US Securities and Stock Exchange Committee.
Like other companies, Google changed the formulation of the report, with a previous signal deleted to “make diversity, fairness, and part of all that we do.” Technology giants like Meta and Amazon also retreated from Dei’s efforts amid the escalation of political pressure from Republicans to do so.
Trump has signed executive orders to end Dei’s initiatives in the federal government and federal contractors, a step criticized by civil rights groups such as American Civil Liberties Union This says it is a way to “bully” employers in giving up efforts to create a more fair workplace. After the Supreme Court’s decision in June 2023, they changed how universities can use race as a factor in admission decisions, companies have become increasingly cautious about looking at race in employment.
In the United States, the workforce in Google is mostly white or Asian, as shows the Diversity Report 2024. That year, 5.7 % of Google workers in the United States were black, 7.5 % were Latinists and 0.9 % of indigenous Americans , While it was 45.3 % of eggs and 45.7 % of Asians.
As of December, Google Mother Alphabet has 183,323 employees, according to its annual report submitted to the Securities and Stock Exchange Committee.