Facebook Releases Updated Employee Diversity Data
Facebook released its updated employee demographic data Thursday and said in a news release that its work to create a more diverse workforce has produced "some positive but modest change" but "there's more work to do." The data show that,…
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as of May 31, Caucasians make up 55 percent of Facebook's employees in the U.S. and Asians account for 36 percent, while African-Americans and Latinos combined for only 6 percent of its national workforce. Of those holding tech jobs with the company in the U.S., 94 percent identified as being either white or Asian and the remaining 6 percent identified as African-American, Hispanic or being of two or more races. It said 73 percent of U.S. employees in senior leadership positions are white. "While we have achieved positive movement over the last year, it's clear to all of us that we still aren't where we want to be," Maxine Williams, Facebook global diversity director, said in the report on the company's diversity demographics. "It's a big task, one that will take time to achieve." Thirty-two percent of all Facebook employees worldwide are women, and women hold 16 percent of the company's tech jobs and 23 percent of senior leadership positions. The only category in which female Facebook employees outnumber men is in non-tech jobs, making up 52 percent of global workers in that capacity.