Pinterest Lays Out Plans for Better Workforce Diversity
Pinterest released stats on its employees, showing that overall they employ a higher percentage of women than Facebook (32 percent), Twitter (30 percent) and Google (30 percent). However, many areas still skew toward men.
Silicon Valley has a diversity problem. Major companies, such as Google and Facebook, have come under fire for their hiring practices.
Pinterest is actively trying to avoid this pitfall, and the company today outlined its hiring goals for a more diverse workforce.
Evan Sharp, Pinterest’s co-founder and chief creative officer, blogged about the goals:
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the lack of diversity in the tech industry. Back in 2013, one of our engineers, Tracy Chou kicked off the “where
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