Elon Musk’s electrical automotive and renewable power firm revealed its first ever diversity report late Friday. It stated that Tesla has a “majority minority” U.S. workforce general, however 83% of workers in management roles are males and 59% are White.

In line with analysis by the Boston Consulting Group, firms with extra numerous management groups report increased innovation income. And more and more, publicly-traded firms are required to disclose more information concerning the make-up of their workforce, and to add people from diverse backgrounds to their boards.

Tesla’s inaugural Range, Fairness and Inclusion Influence Report affords fewer particulars than range studies from main tech companies together with Google and Apple, which started publishing demographic details about their workforce again in 2014. Nonetheless, as a result of Tesla makes vehicles, software program and power merchandise, it’s tough to match it to friends in tech or autos.

Tesla did reveal some big-picture evaluation of their present U.S. workforce. Listed below are some highlights:

• Males at Tesla represented roughly: 79% of the workforce, 83% of management, 75% of latest hires, and 77% of promotions in 2020.

• Ladies at Tesla represented roughly: 21% of the workforce, 17% of management, 25% of latest hires, and 23% of all promotions in 2020.

• Black and African American workers at Tesla represented roughly: 10% of the workforce, 4% of management, 12% of latest hires, and 10% of promotions in 2020.

• Asian workers at Tesla represented roughly: 21% of the workforce, 25% of management, 20% of latest hires, and 23% of promotions in 2020.

• Hispanic and Latino or Latina workers represented roughly: 22% of the workforce, 4% of management, 27% of latest hires and 24% of promotions in 2020.

• White workers represented roughly: 34% of the workforce, 59% of management, 32% of latest hires, 35% of promotions in 2020.

Tesla counted individuals from Pacific Islander, Native American, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native communities as a part of an “Further Teams” class.

• Workers in Tesla’s “Further Teams” class represented roughly: 7% of the workforce and 1% of management.

Tesla’s debut range report didn’t escape what number of of its workers recognized as having a incapacity. Additionally, the gender-related knowledge is approximate as Tesla didn’t embrace figures on non-binary and gender non-conforming workers.

The report additionally lacks a dialogue of worker attrition (or retention charges), and excludes intersectional evaluation. Which means, amongst different issues, it is onerous to determine whether or not workers in under-represented teams resigned from or had been dismissed by Tesla at the next price than White colleagues. The corporate was not instantly out there for remark when contacted by CNBC early Saturday.

Attrition is an particularly necessary metric for Tesla. The corporate affords fairness in Tesla as a part of its compensation for all roles, and makes use of this promise as a recruiting device. The longer an worker stays, the extra shares they are able to buy or vest.

The dearth of intersectional evaluation within the Tesla range report additionally obscures whether or not, for instance, individuals of shade at Tesla are promoted on the similar price as White individuals, or whether or not individuals of shade who’re navy veterans are employed kind of typically than White veterans.

Total, Tesla’s range report stated veterans at the moment make up about 4% of the corporate’s U.S. workforce.

The report follows quite a lot of allegations of discriminatory therapy at Tesla from workers and former workers through the years. Tesla has denied wrongdoing.

Lastly, in its report Tesla laid out plans for protecting its workforce a minimum of as numerous as it’s in the present day, or making it extra numerous and inclusive.

Together with different initiatives, Tesla stated it can recruit from Traditionally Black Faculties and Universities (HBCUs), supply an array of latest apprenticeships, and conduct unconscious bias trainings for all individuals managers and recruiters in 2021.