Microsoft will not release a 2025 diversity report

There has been a phase of tech companies releasing diversity reports each year, giving overviews of workforce makeups. Now Microsoft is bucking the trend. Although the company has not said as much, the move is likely a direct response to pressure from the Trump administration. The US president has scrapped large numbers of diversity, equality and inclusion programs across government, and strongly suggested that private companies follow suit. Microsoft has taken the decision not to release a diversity report for the year 2025, although the company did not pre-emptively issue an announcement about it. It was journalist Stephen Totilo who… [Continue Reading]