WigglyPickle
WigglyPickle

Diversity and inclusion

4 interns in my team, 1 male and 3 are female. Only 1(Male) is from core CS Branch and rest are all from non CS branches.

The 3 are learning how to code in python and this 1 intern is blowing all the tasks that we are giving.

I can see the fear of HR on my manager’s face at each standup. For if he fails the 3 non performing interns and gives only 1 PPO.

18mo ago
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JumpyKoala
JumpyKoala

Diversity and inclusion is corrupting all orgs now a days. Just to meet diversity criteria less skilful people are hired. In our company just to achieve goal of 50-50 we are hiring (also interviewing) people for SDE-2 role who should not be working as an intern as well. But company is still pushing for diversity hiring

Its like boys will become general category students in long term

SwirlyRaccoon
SwirlyRaccoon
Target18mo

If you feel that they're not skilled enough, don't you think that you should help them reach where you are?

PerkyBoba
PerkyBoba
Cred18mo

Isn't that what universities are for?

SleepySushi
SleepySushi

I would like to believe that you are not biased and genuinely concerned about the situation. Here’s what I would have done (I am a gender minority and have men and women reporting to me).

  1. Provide honest, constructive feedback and help the individuals to do their job.
  2. Understand if something is preventing them to do their job properly. Sometimes stress, workplace anxiety and even an unavailable mentor/senior can cause a lot of issues.
  3. Set goals and achievable outcomes that they need to chase.
  4. Have weekly F2F meetings to discuss the weekly tasks and past week’s hits and lows.

The last thing I would want for someone who hasn’t been performing well, to feel that there’s some hostility towards them, and either favourism or discrimination owing to their gender/age.

The manager is more experienced to figure things out (ideally) and not the intern.

Diversity and inclusion can be quite impactful if things are done correctly and not just for HRs to flaunt on LinkedIn.

But, again do analyse if there’s any kind of sexism or bias at play. That ofcourse cannot really be helped.

Empathy > Corporate Nonsense

WigglyPickle
WigglyPickle

This might work if both you (mentor) and the mentee (intern) speak the same language. I see my senior struggling to explain how to Google or run an ide or what is a for loop in python to someone. Nobody wants the intern to fail however nobody has time for hand holding too.

FluffyPotato
FluffyPotato
Student18mo

What is the problem with giving less PPO's, that a manager is afraid to fail?

WigglyPickle
WigglyPickle

Idk but I think it would look like that only boys are given PPO”s

ZoomyBagel
ZoomyBagel
Google18mo

If Indian men want to be sissies who can't speak out and blindly embrace deranged ideologies dumped on them from the West, they deserve it. You sowed it, you reap it now. Hail liberalism.

PeppyRaccoon
PeppyRaccoon
Vercel18mo

I don't understand how CS & non CS branch is relevant here.

WigglyPickle
WigglyPickle

The male (from CS background) has a head start in the tasks. He is not smarter just more exposed to the technology we are working with

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