I am leaving my job at Salesforce because of countless microaggressions and inequity, she wrote.
The letter echoes employee concerns over diversity and inclusion, as Insider previously reported.
Salesforce is facing renewed criticism over its diversity-and-inclusion efforts from a senior manager who quit over what she described as countless microaggressions and inequity during her time at the company.
Cynthia Perry, who was a senior manager in the design research and business technology innovation division, said in a resignation letter sent to company leadership on February 4 and posted to LinkedIn on Friday that the company s motto of Equality for All didn t reflect the reality of working at the $219 billion cloud-software giant, particularly for Black employees.
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But about six months later, many Black employees say there hasn t been enough change.
Diversity and inclusion consultants share ways executives can usher in real change.
American companies promised change to take diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) seriously in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.
But according to a recent LinkedIn survey of Black professionals, there hasn t been tangible change in their workspaces … at least not yet.
While 78% of Black professionals surveyed believe their senior leaders value DEI, some 40% say this support is more talk than action, and think their companies have not made any material changes to policies or culture.
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Harvard Law School’s Law Review recently elected its first Muslim president, adding to a series of noteworthy diversity firsts for the school’s prestigious legal journal. The move attracted much fanfare, but it turns out that Harvard isn’t the only T-14 law school to announce a diversity first for its incoming editorial board.
As it turns out, Stanford Law School’s Law Review recently elected its first Iranian-American, Muslim president. Daniel Khalessi ’22 was elected in November 2020, and assumed the role last month. This is what he had to say about his new position in an interview with the Stanford Daily:
Astia launches venture fund investing in women-led startups
Mastercard is lead investor in $100m fund
Less than 2% of venture capital was invested into women CEOs in 2020, according to Astia research
A $100m early-stage venture fund which will invest globally in high-growth companies that have at least one woman in an executive equity-holding position has been launched by Silicon Valley-headquartered Astia.
The Astia fund has been led by an investment from Mastercard, with additional investors including Priya Mathur, past president of the board of CalPERS; Jim O Neill, former chief economist and former chairman of asset management at Goldman Sachs, Farvatn Venture, Portola Creek Capital and Tides Foundation; and several members of Toniic, a global network of impact investors.