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Description

Google was founded in 1998 with the mission of making information universally accessible. They inspire
to knowledge and improving people’s lives, health, hapiness and sucess.

In the past four years, the company size has doubled. They have more than 100 000 employees in 170
cities in nearly 60 countries all over the world. The growth of underrepresented communities outpaces
the its overall growth. The company assumes the responsability that comes with its size and influence
and wishes to build an inclusion workplace. And indeed, it is one of the most praised companies for its
diversity at the workplace and recruitment policy which they guide through data analysis.

They have notably instituted an automatic system to remove some words or phrases from job
descriptions that could bias the candidates. They also changed from a mentality of “cultural fit” to
“cultural add” with specific training to foster this mentality among employees. In their “Retention
equity program” they offer mentorship, coaching and mobility opportunities as well as emotional and
psychological support.

Major achievements

- An increase in 11% of women applications

- 40% of women intern

- 26% of black+ and latino+ interns

- 48.5% of people hired are Asian

- 32.5% of people hired are women

- For the second year in a row, women’s proportion in leadership positions grew reaching a percentage
of 26.6%.

- 84% of people enrolled in the equity retention mentorship program stay in the company

- The highest increase in hiring black people in tech