Intel sets goal for employee diversity

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Source: SJ Mercury News

LAS VEGAS -- Under fire along with other tech companies for its lack of diversity, Intel on Tuesday said it plans to dramatically increase the number of women and minority workers it employs within five years and will commit $300 million to the effort.

The company's announcement makes it the first major Silicon Valley company to set specific goals to increase the diversity of its workforce amid a growing debate about the issue.

In a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show here, Brian Krzanich, the chipmaker's CEO, said the company has set a goal for its workforce -- at all levels of the company -- to become "fully representative" of the country's diversity by 2020. Additionally, the tech giant will use the money in part to encourage more women and people of color to enter the industry.

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Intel drew particular fire earlier this year when it waded into the so-called GamerGate controversy. In the wake of a campaign by a group of impassioned game enthusiasts, the Santa Clara company pulled its advertising from Gamasutra, a video game blog. Because the game enthusiasts were protesting an article that criticized the game industry for its immaturity, lack of diversity and narrow focus on a largely male audience and some had resorted to harassment of women in the industry, Intel's move had the effect of appearing to side with those who opposed diversity and inclusiveness.

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[mindwalker_i]

1. I worked there for over a decade in santa clara

Me and one other dude were the only white dudes in that whole section - like a quarter of a floor. There were a lot of Chinese and Indian people, both male and female, all over the place and that was cool. I suppose it's a little unbalanced in Oregon.

[cstanleytech]

2. Why do I get the feeling though that they will be trying to do this mostly with the H-1B visas so

as to screw them on wages?

[Recursion]

3. The average H1B salary at Intel is $100K

I don't know that that's "screwing" the employee. Also, most H1B's are east or south Asian, and those groups are already overrepresented in Intel's workforce (there are some very interesting blog posts running around about this).

[cstanleytech]

4. Sorry but I still dont trust them not to screw them over especially the women. nt