"Due to the current economic situation we don't have new headcount for our org however feel free to reach out if you have a diverse candidate that would be interested in joining"
From a director during a all-hands.
"We have already selected a male candidate for the internship so it'd be best if the next one was a woman"
From my manager's manager.
"Your no-hire vote should have more justification since the candidate is a woman"
The reality is that we need a strong legal ruling against these type of things otherwise it is simply too "problematic" to bring this up and the risk for retaliation is insanely high.
From a director during a all-hands.
"We have already selected a male candidate for the internship so it'd be best if the next one was a woman"
From my manager's manager.
"Your no-hire vote should have more justification since the candidate is a woman"
The reality is that we need a strong legal ruling against these type of things otherwise it is simply too "problematic" to bring this up and the risk for retaliation is insanely high.