Like many other large American companies, such as Disney, McDonald's, Ford, and Meta, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has discontinued programs aimed at increasing diversity in the workforce, in accordance with directives from the administration of President Donald Trump. This information was removed from the annual report for investors, publicly reported by Tech Giant yesterday. "We are obligated to focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do and develop in the workforce, reflecting our user base, which we serve," the report stated since 2021.
Google confirmed that it no longer has workforce diversity goals related to the representation of different groups of people. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, inherited from the civil rights movement in the 1960s in the United States, aimed at promoting equity of opportunity, considering such criteria as race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or even veteran status, particularly during the hiring process.
However, these concepts have sparked anger among American right-wingers for more than just years; President Donald Trump opened the door for those who want to express their opposition in this area, even among American tech companies. On his first day in the White House, Trump signed an order stating that programs and policies of diversity and inclusion in the federal government are "illegal."
