Protesters: Google lacks transparency, discriminates in hiring

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Source: Mountain View Voice

Representatives from several minority-rights groups gathered at Google's Mountain View campus campus on Feb. 10 to protest what they say is a lack of transparency surrounding the search giant's hiring practices.

The picketers' complaints revolved around two key issues: diversity and the perception among those protesting that Google favors foreign workers over locals.

Leaders and members of the Black Economic Council, the Latino Business Chamber of Greater Los Angeles and the National Asian American Coalition carried signs and took up a bullhorn to demand that Google publicly disclose data about the ethnic makeup of its employees.

According to several protesters, Google hires disproportionate numbers of men compared to women and far more whites and Indians than any other ethnic group. Furthermore, the protesters complained, the company would rather ship workers in from overseas than hire qualified individuals already living in Silicon Valley.

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