Microsoft is quietly walking back its diversity efforts

"Microsoft has been publishing data about the gender, race, and ethnic breakdown of its employees for more than a decade."

"Since 2019 it's been publishing a full diversity and inclusion report annually, and at the same time made reporting on diversity a requirement for employee performance reviews."

"Now it's scrapping its diversity report and dropping diversity and inclusion as a companywide core priority for performance reviews, just months after President Donald Trump issued an executive order to try and eradicate workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives."

"We are not doing a traditional report this year as we've evolved beyond that to formats that are more dynamic and accessible - stories, videos, and insights that show inclusion in action,"

Microsoft has published employee demographic data for more than a decade and produced full diversity and inclusion reports annually since 2019 while making diversity reporting part of performance reviews. The company will not produce a traditional diversity and inclusion report this year and plans to use dynamic formats such as stories, videos, and insights to demonstrate inclusion in action. Microsoft has removed diversity and inclusion as a companywide core priority for performance reviews. The timing follows an executive order from President Donald Trump targeting DEI initiatives, and sources indicate internal review changes were made quietly last month.

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