Microsoft has decided diversity is “no longer business critical”, a former manager has claimed, after the company sacked two staff working on initiatives focused on inclusivity.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said diversity was the cloud giant’s “license” for it to be viewed as a multinational global corporation.

Microsoft has blamed a drop in its workforce’s gender diversity on the thousands of layoffs it made to restructure its phone hardware business. This year, women made up 26.8 percent of Microsoft ...

In addition to the Microsoft pledge, the letter cites a 2019 diversity commitment by Goldman Sachs for new analysts and entry-level associates, as well as an effort by JPMorgan Chase to increase ...

Her career spanned 27 years and included senior roles at IBM, Symantec, Dell, HP and EY. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, ... Microsoft Backs Policy on College Diversity. L.A. Times Archives. Feb. 18, 2003 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

As Microsoft increasingly sought to engage with a workforce with a broad range of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences, it found help nine years ago from Kobie Hatcher’s consulting firm, Cyborg ...

Tech giant Microsoft did not escape last year’s tech stock sell-off; its shares were recently 20% below their 52-week high. There’s plenty of reason to expect the stock to recover and increase ...

Microsoft employees must include a diversity goal in annual performance reviews. Microsoft instructed all workers to set diversity goals in performance reviews. Employees taking optional DEI ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 13, 2018 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has hired IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) former vice president for human resources as chief diversity officer who will lead cross-company ...