Hachette Book Group released its annual diversity update for 2020. The company increased staff diversity at every level, “with the largest gain in the senior managers category (director & above), which rose 31 percent” — though that echelon remains 79.5 percent white. Only 3.1 percent of that management category is Black, and 3.9 percent of the total workforce. The number of BIPOC-identifying employees increased by seven percent in the year, and other efforts including raising starting salaries to $45,000, “an important step in making our hiring practices more inclusive”; and hiring vp diversity and inclusion, Carrie Bloxson, who joined the […]
