Amazon Has More Women In Its Ranks Than Other Big Tech Companies – But Is Just As White

Rachel Lerman, Biz Journals
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 2:12pm

Amazon followed many of its fellow tech companies Friday and released its diversity statistics. The report didn't bring many surprises — the workforce is mostly male, and mostly white. But it does have significantly more women in its ranks than Microsoft and Google. Amazon reported that 37 percent of its global workforce is female, and 60 percent of its U.S.

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