Discrimination and Nepotism in IT, and how it Effects Minorities
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Here's why women, blacks and Hispanics are leaving tech
SAN FRANCISCO — Toxic workplaces — where harassment, stereotyping and bullying occur — are driving away women and people of color, undercutting technology companies' efforts to increase diversity and costing an estimated $16 billion a year.
That's the conclusion of a first-of-its-kind study from the Kapor Center for Social Impact and Harris Poll that explored the reasons people leave tech companies.
"The study is an important first step in understanding how turnover and workplace culture contribute to the lack of diversity we are seeing in the tech industry," Dr. Allison Scott, the study's author and chief research officer at the Kapor Center, told USA TODAY in an interview.