Microsoft has kept to its promise of releasing more information on workforce diversity statistics by publishing its federal Equal Employment Opportunity form, or EEO-1.
The EEO-1 form, spotted by Puget Sound Business Journal, reveals that 76 per cent of the Redmond’s staff are men, as are 88 per cent of its executives and of these male executives 79 per cent are white. Women, on the other hand, accounts for just 17.1 percent of tech jobs, 17.3 percent of leadership roles and 44.5 percent of non-tech jobs.
Around 61 per cent of Microsoft employees are white, 3 per cent of either gender are black or African American, 5 per cent are Hispanic or Latino, and 29 per cent are Asian. Only 0.7 per cent of the software giant’s entire 60,961-person workforce has been identified as Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, or Alaskan Native.
The form also has a row containing the same statistics from a previous year, although the particular year is not mentioned we take it as Microsoft’s 2013 numbers as law requires companies to file an EEO-1 every year.
Comparing workforce diversity data, it is evident that the Redmond is trying hard to close its diversity gaps, but it’s doing it rather slowly. While the percentage of white U.S. employees fell by 1.11 percent, female employment grew by 0.4 percent. The company currently employs a slightly higher percentage of Hispanics (up 0.46 percent), Asians (up 0.24 percent) and Blacks (up 0.3 percent).
Looking at the statistics it seems Microsoft still has to do a lot of work to meet its pledge of “equal pay for equal work” among all employees and to “recruit more diverse talent” at all levels.
