{"id":342516,"date":"2017-06-02T01:23:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T17:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1498512"},"modified":"2017-06-02T01:23:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T17:23:46","slug":"lyft-finally-releases-a-diversity-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/lyft-finally-releases-a-diversity-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyft finally releases a diversity report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lyft just released<\/a> its first-ever diversity report, a couple of months after Uber released its first one<\/a>. Lyft, which committed to releasing a report last June, says it will continue to release reports annually.<\/p>\n

Here are some high-level stats. Lyft is 63 percent white, 19 percent Asian, six percent black and seven percent Latinx. Uber, on the other hand, is 49.8 percent white, 30.9 percent Asian, 8.8 percent black and 5.6 percent Hispanic. So, yes, Lyft is whiter than Uber, but Lyft employs more people who identify as female than Uber, with 42 percent of Lyft\u2019s staff identifying as female. At Uber, women make up 36.1 percent of its workforce.<\/p>\n

Lyft also breaks down its employee population by leadership and tech roles. At the leadership level, 36 percent of Lyft\u2019s employees identify as female, 18 percent are Asian, one percent are black, five percent are Latinx and 70 percent at white.<\/p>\n

Some data points missing from the report are stats around the employment of LGBTQ people, people with disabilities and intersectional data.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve said before<\/a>, I have mixed feelings about diversity reports because the existence of them hasn\u2019t led to any notable improvements in the tech industry. But at the end of the day, they do help hold companies accountable. So, kudos to Lyft for finally releasing one.<\/p>\n

\u201cReleasing our data will hold us accountable, but it\u2019s the actions we take that will make a difference to the people who come to work every day at Lyft,\u201d Lyft wrote on its blog<\/a>. \u201cOur diversity data exposes gaps in important areas. So we\u2019re doing something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lyft noted how it hired Tariq Meyers, who formerly worked as a community affairs organizer at Lyft, to lead its diversity and inclusion department last year. Lyft also pointed to the fact that it\u2019s been working with diversity consulting company Paradigm to identify additional opportunities to attract, select, develop and retain diverse employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" Lyft just released its first-ever diversity report, a couple of months after Uber released its first one. Lyft, which committed to releasing a report last June, says it will continue to release reports annually. Here are some high-level stats. Lyft is 63 percent white, 19 percent Asian, six percent black and seven percent Latinx. Uber, on the other hand, is 49.8 percent white, 30.9 percent… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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