Most companies have already adopted newer policies regarding hiring employees to diversify its workforce, some to be implemented next year. The latest to join this trend was the social media application and widely used by netizens, Twitter.
San Francisco CBS reported Twitter has set modest targets to diversify its personnel while it battles a scheduled class-action lawsuit that depicts the company's discrimination over its female workforce.
Tina Huang, former engineer from Twitter filed a case in court last March charging the company's regulation of women. The suit also stated that the firm has a practice of bypassing competent women for promotions. The company with the blue bird logo has since denied the allegations.
Data shown stated that the online messaging service basically employs Asian and white men in technology jobs which give higher pay, similar to most peers in the industry, along with the announcement of the increased target.
By 2016, Twitter aims to increase by 16 percent to fill its technology positions with female employees, from its current 13 percent women workforce.
The company, which is based in San Francisco, wanted the female sector to compose 25 percent of its management roles from its present 22 percent. It has also promised to employ more Hispanics and blacks.
In a blog post, Twitter's vice president of diversity and inclusion, Janet Van Huysse, explained, "We want the makeup of our company to reflect the vast range of people who use Twitter. Doing so will help us build a product to better serve people around the world," as per Wired.
According to Engadget, the company has also shared targets for increasing its hiring of employees from those representing the minority in the U.S. Currently, Twitter workers representing 59 percent are white personnel and 31 percent are Asian. In its leadership, 72 percent is white and Asian comprise 28 percent. Although the targeted figure to increase diversity seemed small, it may still have an impact in Twitter's management.
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