The issue of diversity is never far away from the technology industry. This week saw the now-former Google software engineer – now confirmed as James Damore – fired after publishing a controversial memo about gender. In it he suggested that women did not necessarily advance in their career paths like men because of their “biology”.
>See also: Succeeding as a woman in tech: advocacy is the answer
In quite a timely manner, Comparably – the workplace culture and company review platform – has released a ranking of its top ten tech companies for people of colour, as well as the top ten tech companies for women.
Top ten tech companies for women
1. Salesforce (82)
2. Adobe (80)
3. Intuit (80)
4. T-Mobile (79)
5. LinkedIn (79)
6. Accenture (79)
7. PayPal (78)
8. Workday (78)
9. Apple (78)
10. Facebook (77)
>See also: Insider: Women in the technology industry
Top ten tech companies for people of colour
1. VMWare (81)
2. Disney (80)
3. LinkedIn (80)
4. Salesforce (79)
5. Intuit (79)
6. Google (78)
7. T-Mobile (78)
8. Dell (78)
9. Facebook (78)
10. Symantec (77)
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