An Update on Diversity and Inclusion at Monzo

[kieranmch (Kieran McHugh)]

Thanks for sharing this Brenda!

I’d like to add my thoughts on this as well, as it’s a topic close to home and a big reason why I joined Monzo.

It would be:

• illegal
• immoral
• counterproductive
• stupid from a business perspective

for Monzo (or any other company for that matter) to reject an amazing candidate on the basis that they are in a ‘majority group’ for the purpose of making themselves appear more diverse. I don’t think this has ever happened in the history of Monzo and I would be very concerned if it had. We simply don’t have to do this.

@anon40779440

Maria assumed talent is evenly distributed amongst the population. But it’s not.

Chris, I think that this is conflating talent and experience/education. Talent is about having the potential to succeed. There’s no evidence to suggest that someone has less potential just because they aren’t white, male, or straight.

@anon40779440

The worst thing we could do is artificially introduce more women into a process that suffers structural misogynist issues!

@anon40779440

I know this industry very well. I know that women, through ubiquitous social engineering policies like Monzo’s diversity initiative, have the privilege, and it is now men that must swim against the tide to be hired.

I mean, yikes. If somebody is having to ‘swim against the tide’ to be hired, it’s probably not because of women. Let’s not use other groups as a scapegoat.

Thanks,
Kieran