Microsoft says minorities in the US earn $1.06 for every $1.00 white employees earn, but experts say there's a very big asterisk
announcing progress in hiring a more diverse workforce and highlighting achievements in pay equity — but some experts said the positive numbers don't tell the full story. revealed gains in hiring more women and underrepresented minorities, including in high-paying executive, director, managerial and technical roles. Microsoft also released a new metric for tracking inclusiveness.
Microsoft said in its report that it hired 11.6% more women employees globally in the past year, and 17.3% more black employees in the US. In its six largest markets by employees — the US, Canada, China, Germany, India and the UK — Microsoft said that women in the combined area earned 99 cents for every $1.00 a man earned.
Female Founders Alliance CEO Leslie Feinzaig, whose organization partners with Microsoft on a startup accelerator, credited the company for working to improve diversity but warned against placing too much emphasis on the numbers in the report.
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