Pinterest has a better male-to-female workforce ratio, but lags in ethnic diversity

Pinterest has revealed that its 300-strong workforce is 60 percent male and 40 percent female. The revelation came as part of the diversity report that the company announced yesterday.

Except for Yahoo that recently reported almost similar male-to-female workforce ratio (62:37), the social sharing site's gender diversity is better than most of the other well-known Silicon Valley companies. Though the company is sailing in the same boat when it comes to ethnic diversity of its workforce, which is predominantly white and Asian.

50 percent of the Pinterest's workforce is composed of whites, 42 percent of Asians, while African-Americans and Hispanics make up just 1 percent and 2 percent, respectively.

"Today we're taking our latest step by giving a more holistic look at our demographics across the company. We're not close to where we want to be, but we're working on it", said Pinterest software engineer and tech lead Tracy Chou, who called for greater transparency last year about the proportion of women tech employees in the industry.

Since then, more than 150 startups have shared their women in engineering numbers, and some of the largest and most prominent tech companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and more have also published their stats.

Chou also said that the company is looking to improve its workforce diversity by working with groups like Girls Who Code, CODE2040, Girls Teaching Girls to Code, Anita Borg Institute, Hackbright Academy, and Out for Undergrad.

"While we’ve made some progress in diversifying gender at the company, we haven’t done as well in representing different ethnicities, and we’re focused on getting better", she said.

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Twitter diversity report looks no different than other Silicon Valley tech giants

Diversity reports are the new hot topic in Silicon Valley as Twitter is next in line for everyone to comb over. Unsurprisingly, the microblogging platform on Wednesday joined a growing list of tech companies dominated by white males, just as we've seen from Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Yahoo in recent months.

The report indicates that 70 percent of Twitter's overall workforce are male and 90 percent of its tech-oriented employees are also men. Non-tech roles - things like marketing, public relations, human resources, etc. - are gender split 50/50 while 79 percent of leadership roles are held by, you guessed it, men.

The ethnic breakdown, meanwhile, reveals Twitter employs mostly whites and Asians at 59 and 29 percent of the overall workforce, respectively. That same ratio is pretty much mirrored across both tech and non-tech jobs. Leadership roles are held primarily by whites at 72 percent followed by Asians at 24 percent. Other races make up just four percent of all leadership positions.

Janet Van Huysse, Twitter's vice president of diversity and inclusion, said they are keenly aware that Twitter is part of an industry that is marked by dramatic imbalances in diversity and they are no exception.

By becoming more transparent with employee data, open in dialog throughout the company and rigorous in recruiting, hiring and promotion practices, Van Huysse added, they are making diversity an important business issue for themselves.

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Pinterest has a better male-to-female workforce ratio, but lags in ethnic diversity

Pinterest has revealed that its 300-strong workforce is 60 percent male and 40 percent female. The revelation came as part of the diversity report that the company announced yesterday.

Except for Yahoo that recently reported almost similar male-to-female workforce ratio (62:37), the social sharing site's gender diversity is better than most of the other well-known Silicon Valley companies. Though the company is sailing in the same boat when it comes to ethnic diversity of its workforce, which is predominantly white and Asian.

50 percent of the Pinterest's workforce is composed of whites, 42 percent of Asians, while African-Americans and Hispanics make up just 1 percent and 2 percent, respectively.

"Today we're taking our latest step by giving a more holistic look at our demographics across the company. We're not close to where we want to be, but we're working on it", said Pinterest software engineer and tech lead Tracy Chou, who called for greater transparency last year about the proportion of women tech employees in the industry.

Since then, more than 150 startups have shared their women in engineering numbers, and some of the largest and most prominent tech companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and more have also published their stats.

Chou also said that the company is looking to improve its workforce diversity by working with groups like Girls Who Code, CODE2040, Girls Teaching Girls to Code, Anita Borg Institute, Hackbright Academy, and Out for Undergrad.

"While we’ve made some progress in diversifying gender at the company, we haven’t done as well in representing different ethnicities, and we’re focused on getting better", she said.

Next Google reportedly seals the deal on Twitch $1 billion acquisitionPrev Facebook wants to integrate car-hailing service Uber into Messenger

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Twitter diversity report looks no different than other Silicon Valley tech giants

Diversity reports are the new hot topic in Silicon Valley as Twitter is next in line for everyone to comb over. Unsurprisingly, the microblogging platform on Wednesday joined a growing list of tech companies dominated by white males, just as we've seen from Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Yahoo in recent months.

The report indicates that 70 percent of Twitter's overall workforce are male and 90 percent of its tech-oriented employees are also men. Non-tech roles - things like marketing, public relations, human resources, etc. - are gender split 50/50 while 79 percent of leadership roles are held by, you guessed it, men.

The ethnic breakdown, meanwhile, reveals Twitter employs mostly whites and Asians at 59 and 29 percent of the overall workforce, respectively. That same ratio is pretty much mirrored across both tech and non-tech jobs. Leadership roles are held primarily by whites at 72 percent followed by Asians at 24 percent. Other races make up just four percent of all leadership positions.

Janet Van Huysse, Twitter's vice president of diversity and inclusion, said they are keenly aware that Twitter is part of an industry that is marked by dramatic imbalances in diversity and they are no exception.

By becoming more transparent with employee data, open in dialog throughout the company and rigorous in recruiting, hiring and promotion practices, Van Huysse added, they are making diversity an important business issue for themselves.

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