Facebook has released its first diversity report this week which shows that about 90% of it's U.S. staff is white and Asian while women only make up 31% of its global staff.
"As these numbers show, we have more work to do – a lot more. But the good news is that we've begun to make progress," Facebook's Global Head of Diversity Maxine Williams said in blog post.
While the non-tech jobs at Facebook are a pretty even split between men and women, there's a large gender disparity in the tech department, with only 15% being women. Additionally, women only make up 23% of the company's senior level positions. Facebook is about 90% white and Asian across the board. The company's diversity numbers are similar to those of Google and Yahoo.
Williams went on to explain how Facebook is "implementing a variety of programs and strategies to help increase the overall pool of talent from underrepresented communities," and included a bulleted list of the companies current efforts, adding that they're "absolutely committed to achieving greater diversity at Facebook and across the industry."
DISCUSSION
Why do they lump in White and Asian when discussing diversity?