{"id":17701,"date":"2025-02-11T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/how-meta-abandoned-silicon-valleys-most-ambitious-diversity-goals\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T11:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:37:23","slug":"how-meta-abandoned-silicon-valleys-most-ambitious-diversity-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/how-meta-abandoned-silicon-valleys-most-ambitious-diversity-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"How Meta abandoned Silicon Valley\u2019s most ambitious diversity goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zuckerberg\u2019s company once invested millions and attracted top talent as tech\u2019s leader in corporate diversity. Those aspirations peaked in 2019 and just a few years later, Meta scuttled them altogether<\/p>\n

In 2019, Facebook<\/a> set a goal<\/a> for itself: ensure half of its workforce was from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds by 2024.<\/p>\n

The lofty ambition made the company stand out among its Silicon Valley peers. Maxine Williams, a longtime employee and chief diversity officer at the time, wrote in a 2021 blog post that Facebook was up to the challenge.<\/p>\n

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\nZuckerberg\u2019s company once invested millions and attracted top talent as tech\u2019s leader in corporate diversity. Those aspirations peaked in 2019 and just a few years later, Meta scuttled them altogether
\nIn 2019, Facebook set a goal for itself: ensure half of its workforce was from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds by 2024.
\nThe lofty ambition made the company stand out among its Silicon Valley peers. Maxine Williams, a longtime employee and chief diversity officer at the time, wrote in a 2021 blog post that Facebook was up to the challenge. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zuckerberg\u2019s company once invested millions and attracted top talent as tech\u2019s leader in corporate diversity. Those aspirations peaked in 2019 and just a few years later, Meta scuttled them altogether In 2019, Facebook set a goal for itself: ensure half of its workforce was from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds by 2024. The lofty ambition made …<\/p>\n

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