{"id":1834,"date":"2025-12-04T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/microsoft-is-quietly-walking-back-its-diversity-efforts\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:00:00","slug":"microsoft-is-quietly-walking-back-its-diversity-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/microsoft-is-quietly-walking-back-its-diversity-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is quietly walking back its diversity efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25832915\/STK095_MICROSOFT_2_CVirginia_D.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Microsoft has been publishing data about the gender, race, and ethnic breakdown of its employees for more than a decade. Since 2019 it&rsquo;s been publishing a full <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/23\/microsofts-2024-global-diversity-inclusion-report-our-most-global-transparent-report-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diversity and inclusion report<\/a> annually, and at the same time made reporting on diversity a requirement for employee performance reviews. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Now it&rsquo;s scrapping its diversity report and dropping diversity and inclusion as a companywide core priority for performance reviews, just months after President Donald Trump issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order<\/a> to try and eradicate workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/microsoft-skips-diversity-inclusion-report-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Game File<\/em> reported last week<\/a> that Microsoft will cease publicati \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/838079\/microsoft-diversity-and-inclusion-changes-notepad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has been publishing data about the gender, race, and ethnic breakdown of its employees for more than a decade. 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