Google Eliminates Minority Hiring Goals, Will Review DEI Programs

Google is eliminating its minority hiring goals that were created following the death of George Floyd in 2020 and will review its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, the tech company announced on Wednesday, to comply with President Donald Trump’s crackdown on DEI in the public and private sectors.

In an email to employees, Google said it will no longer set hiring targets to improve representation within the organization. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who is of Indian descent, set a diversity hiring target to increase the proportion of “leadership representation of underrepresented groups” to 30 percent by 2025. Google fell short of that goal.