Recent discussions on Twitter have brought attention to Microsoft's internal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) documentation, which some users claim shows discriminatory behavior by paying white employees less than their minority peers for the same job. Critics, including notable figures such as Mark Cuban and Elon Musk, have questioned the evidence and rationale behind these claims. Cuban challenges @America1stLegal on the notion of discrimination in Microsoft's disclosure, suggesting that the argument might imply minorities cannot be more qualified than white employees. Similarly, James Surowiecki points out that the differences in pay, highlighted by Libsoftiktok, are minimal, describing the discrepancy between ethnicities and genders at Microsoft as essentially identical, with variations like 1 to 1.003 being negligible. Despite these defenses, some users and outlets, like Gateway Pundit, assert that Microsoft has admitted to this pay disparity, while others argue that the company has openly posted evidence of discriminatory practices on platforms like Github.
This is not cool of @Microsoft https://t.co/nEudJ0nffQ
Microsoft is now paying white employees less than minority employees, per their own internal DEI documentation https://t.co/w2kE99G4sY
Microsoft has posted direct evidence of discriminatory behavior right to Github. It doesn't seem like they care what anyone thinks. https://t.co/Di9H3EUJUu
Microsoft Boasts That White Employees are Paid Less Than Minority Peers Doing the Same Job via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/lYK3jaU4OI
Microsoft does not "admit" this. More important, Libsoftiktok doesn't seem to understand that the numbers in her screenshot show that different ethnicities and men and women at Microsoft are paid essentially identically. The difference between 1 and 1.003 is a rounding error. https://t.co/vfZKVMfVmS
Hey there @America1stLegal . Where is there any evidence of discrimination in @Microsoft's disclosure ? Unless of course you believe that minorities can't be better qualified than white employees ? Or maybe you believe that monorities earning more is a prima facie example of… https://t.co/9L1NCFReDD