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posted by takyon on Wednesday August 05 2015, @01:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-all-gotta-chip-in dept.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Intel is doubling referral bonuses for women, minorities and veterans. Employees can receive $4,000 bonuses for suggesting candidates that meet the company's diversity goals. Intel had previously pledged $300 million over the next five years to address "Silicon Valley's disappointing diversity numbers," and has set a goal of "full representation" of women and under-represented minorities by 2020:

The new programs at Intel and across the tech sector come as companies report little-changed diversity numbers. Intel's diversity statistics for 2014 showed 24 percent of Intel employees are female. The company is also predominantly white and Asian, with only 3.5% black and 8% Latino employees. The company did not include statistics about veterans in its report.

Christine Dotts, a spokeswoman for Intel, said in an email that higher recruiting bonuses have been used by the company in the last decade, but she declined to comment on when or how much the bonuses were for.

Also at The Register.


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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2015, @06:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2015, @06:00PM (#218680)

    What the fuck is "reverse" racism?

    "Reverse racism" is an american idiomatic expression for racism directed in the opposite direction of historical stereotypes, most commonly referring to racism directed toward white people by black people.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2015, @11:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2015, @11:40PM (#218847)

    > most commonly referring to racism directed toward white people by black people.

    That is incorrect. Reverse racism is a term nearly universally applied to anti-racism programs in attempt to discredit them by simplifying context out of the equation, exactly as hairy used it in his post.