NY Times Bosses Warn Managers: Meet Diversity Goals or Get Fired

NY Times Bosses Warn Managers: Meet Diversity Goals or Get Fired

 

Washington Post media blogger Erik Wemple reportsthat The New York Times is getting very serious about diversity goals in recruiting, hiring, and promoting. Chief Executive Mark Thompson raised eyebrows at a gathering of managers on the business and news sides of the newspaper.

According to three Wemple sources, “Supervisors who fail to meet upper management’s requirements in recruiting and hiring minority candidates or who fail to seek out minority candidates for promotions face some stern consequences: They’ll be either encouraged to leave or be fired.

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