Pros and cons of an increasingly diverse workforce

Workplaces are increasingly getting diverse day by day. Having and managing a diverse workforce is a major task and has its fair share of pros and cons.

The following are the pros of having an increasingly diverse workforce:

• Having a diverse workforce helps bring in new talent and new ideas. This helps in the growth of the company as well as the employees.  New talent brings with it new ideas which are very useful for a company.
• Gender and race diversity sometimes helps in increasing the sales of a company as the customer may be able to relate in a better manner. This in turn results in increased profits.

The following are the disadvantages of having an increasingly diverse workforce:

• The main problem with having a diverse workforce is that the company must take utmost care that it does not harm the interest or disrespect the culture of any of its employees. It must create an atmosphere of dignity for its employee's.
• Another major problem associated with having a diverse culture is that communication may be hampered if the employee doesn't know the common language that is being spoken. For example if the employee doesn't know how to speak in English, it creates a problem for him in communicating effectively. This may lead to problems as the message may sometimes be conveyed incorrectly or be incomplete.

advantages of having a diverse workforce