[dragonwriter]

> It most definitely is not illegal.

Yes it is.

> Many colleges have race and gender based quota systems.

Quota systems have been repeatedly struck down in college admissions as illegal.

> Governments have race and gender quota systems.

Quota systems for public education (including higher education) and employment have also repeatedly been ruled illegal.

[manfredo]

The distinction between quotas and "outcome based goals" is kind of hazy. To be clear, recruiters aren't required to hit certain targets. Leadership does tell recruiters that they're aiming for a a certain targets but as far as I know recruiters don't receive any penalty if they fall below that target.

[CyberDildonics]

Even telling recruiters to hire a certain demographic is discrimination. The parent post said that recruiters had large bonuses for certain demographics.

[manfredo]

I am the root commenter. Bonuses are given regardless of the candidates' divery status, it's just that diverse candidate get a slightly higher bonus. The difference between the bonus of a non-diverse and diverse candidate is about 20%. That difference is not constant because bonuses vary based on other things like the role being hired and the amount of experience. Experienced hires have a bigger bonus than new grads - this is to counteract a past tendency to hire younger employees which led to a skewed age and experience distribution. We also have bigger bonuses to hire managers because we have a chronic shortage of them.