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> the overrepresentation of non-American citizens in the companies, with respect to wanting the companies to reflect the pop at large

Or underrepresentation, depending on whether you're talking about the US pop or world pop. Or the population of countries where Google is not firewalled, and hence is the dominant gateway to the internet there.




No one ever, ever talks about int'l workforce representation at Toyota or Lexus or Huawei, or Samsung, or Kubota, or you know Petroleum from the ME. Never. This is only brought up as a distraction from the fact that they are overrepresented with respect to their numbers in America and as participants in the American workforce.

Aside from that, it's no country's responsibility to provide gainful employment to non-nationals.


No one ever has, doesn't mean no one ever should.


Interesting... So, you know, you mean Google should hire representatively for Texas, Florida, Indiana, etc., cuz you know, their workforce should represent essentially "their customer base". And while they are at it, why not make them hire representatively amongst conservatives and liberals?


I don't think anyone expects a company to hire differently than the population of their location.

Offices in Japan will be mostly Japanese, offices in England will be mostly English, offices in India will be mostly Indian, etc.


Yes (Japan), most definitely not (England), yes (India).

Assumes we are talking about tech of course, England has more diversity than the USA in that area, especially in London.


Not sure what you mean.

England is 91% white, 5% Asian, 4% other. I would expect workforces in England to follow those trends.

London is 60% white, 13% black, 7% Asian, 7% Indian, 13% other. I would expect workforces in London to follow those trends.

That anyone would expect a workforce to reflect world numbers rather than local ones is very odd.


OP said English, not white. From a nationality point of view London is one of the most diverse places around.


Parent said English. Also, tech != everything else. Tech workforces don't necessarily follow the demographics of the places where they are located.


> Or the population of countries where Google is not firewalled, and hence is the dominant gateway to the internet there.

I'm sure Google has many Chinese employees as well.




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