If a company I wanted to work for was accused of widespread discrimination against certain employees, it would change the way I felt about them. I would no longer strongly support them if they were unable to find a way to treat all of their employees equal. More recently ex-employees and current employees have been exposing companies and the discrimination their employees are facing, whether it be unequal pay, opportunities, or harassment. Once these discrimination practices have been brought to light these companies face a lot of backlash and often times are taken to court to deal with different types of lawsuits. Hopefully due to these repercussions, companies will find ways to restructure certain areas of their organization to fix the discrimination problems they are facing. Analyzing their business and restructuring how they pay their employees, what opportunities are provided for their employees, and educating everyone within the company about discrimination are some great first steps to address the accusations.
I think in certain cases, companies can learn from their mistakes and find ways to reorganize and address their discrimination issues, but that tends to take a long time to make sure things have changed. If a company were to publicly admit their wrongdoings, implement educational trainings, reorganize their financial systems or create opportunities for groups that have been discriminated against I would feel better about applying later on. Ultimately, if a company was just recently accused of widespread discrimination, I would not feel comfortable applying until I knew they had taken the proper steps to address their issues.
