As Google reels from the fallout over a controversial diversity memo, multiple women say they faced regular discrimination and ultimately leftQichen Zhang couldn’t believe what she was hearing. “I didn’t see a lot of women, especially Asian women, black women or other women of color in the executive ranks,” she said. I didn’t see a lot of women, especially Asian women, black women or other women of color in the executive ranks Qichen Zhang, former Google specialistMore women have since come forward with stories of sexism at Google, and now, people of color are sharing accounts of racial discrimination at the corporation, which has a predominantly white and male workforce, much like the rest of Silicon Valley. At Google, men occupy 80% of tech jobs and 75% of leadership roles, according to the company’s own figures. “People had this broad concept of ‘racism doesn’t exist at Google and sexism doesn’t exist at Google’,” she said.

Source: The Guardian August 18, 2017 09:56 UTC