TaskRabbit joins Black Caucus effort to boost tech industry diversity
The startup TaskRabbit is becoming the first company to partner with the Congressional Black Caucus to adopt a plan and goals for hiring more African-American employees. The announcement of the four-part plan came a little less than a week after the company named Stacy Brown-Philpot as CEO of the company. She is one of the few African-American CEOs at a prominent tech startup.
"TaskRabbit becomes the first technology company to take an important step by announcing a plan, with measurable goals, to increase African American inclusion in the company,” Congressional Black Caucus Chairman GK Butterfield (D-NC) said. “We call on other tech companies to get off the sidelines and work with the CBC to develop African American Inclusion Plans.” The caucus has been pressuring technology companies to adopt similar plans through its CBC Tech 2020 initiative. TaskRabbit is part of the so-called gig economy. It offers a way for people online to easily hire someone for a few hours of work or an odd job, like delivery, home cleaning or handiwork. As part of the plan, the company will try to increase its African-American employment to 13.2 percent by the end of 2016.
TaskRabbit joins Black Caucus effort to boost tech industry diversity