Google drops engineering residency after protests over 'inequities'
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Google confirmed it was replacing the Engineering Residency with a new initiative, saying it is "always evaluating programs to ensure they evolve and adapt over time to meet the needs of our employees."
(Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) Alphabet Inc's Google plans to shut down a long-running program aimed at entry-level engineers from under-represented backgrounds after participants said it enforced "systemic pay inequities," according to internal correspondence seen by Reuters. Google confirmed it was replacing the Engineering Residency with a new initiative, saying it is "always evaluating programs to ensure they evolve and adapt over time to meet the needs of our employees."
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