Adobe puts an end to the diversity of hiring objectives after changes at industry scale

Another technology giant – Adobe – Reduces its hiring objectives of diversity.

During an internal meeting all the hands on Monday, the chief of the people of Adobe, Gloria Chendeclared that Adobe would no longer have diversity, equity and inclusion hiring objectives, nicknamed “ambitious objectives” internally, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by Business Insider.

These objectives Were set in 2020 to “increase the diversity and global inclusion” at leadership levels, said Adobe’s business blog. The objectives included the increase in the representation of female leadership at 30% in the world, the doubling of the minorities underrepresented in the leadership roles and the doubling of the representation of blacks in percentage percentage US employees by 2025.

“We will interrupt the practice of setting ambitious representation objectives while pursuing our concentration on fair and consistent hiring practices,” said Chen, adding Adobe had never really hired such quotas.

Adobe is the last of a long business listincluding Google,, MetaMcDonald’s and Deloitte, to reduce its Dei initiatives. Change follows decrees Emitted by President Donald Trump in January aimed at ending the Dei programs within the federal government and his entrepreneurs.

In an email at Bi, Adobe’s spokesman said: “We have always believed and remaining attached to Adobe for all, which is our belief in creating a corporate culture where all employees are allowed to have an impact. Although some programs and policies change, our values ​​are not.”

‘Need more transparency’

At the meeting on Monday, Chen said that the decrees could be “complex” to interpret and that Adobe “assessed” many programs, activities and internal practices to ensure that the company was respected.

Chen added that Adobe did not believe that the withdrawal was applied to countries outside the United States for the moment. In November, Adobe had just over 30,000 employees worldwide, including 50% in the United States, according to a business file.

Adobe also removed all the mentions of diversity in his latest proxy declaration, a change identified for the first time by Michelle Leder, the founder of football Neded, a site which analyzes the titles and deposits of the exchange committee. Adobe mentioned diversity 22 times in the proxy of the previous year. This year’s proxy has also removed a graphic on the diversity of administrators.

Some Adobe employees have shared their frustration in an internal breakdown chain, according to screenshots seen by Bi. An employee said that Adobe’s unique culture to embrace different perspectives, called Adobe for all, now seems “lost”. Another said it was “heartbreaking” and had asked for additional advice from the management team.

“I think we all need more transparency around this problem,” said one of the people.

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