Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by twobyfour on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:57AM
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Is it possible that women switch jobs less frequently than men? Or that they're drawn to different types of companies (e.g. established companies that they expect to have real HR departments and harassment policies, rather than startups that may be exciting but they perceive as presenting a higher risk of being a hostile environment)?
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by ThomPete on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:05AM
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They are drawn to different types of industries less volatile and demanding. They also start fewer companies.
So choices in life means much more than we want to admit.
Of course women are being affected early on just as men but then the discussion should be about that rather than putting the guilt on companies who are just trying to make a business.
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by andreasklinger on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:08PM
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i meant that the goal atm is not 50% but to get above the 20%
I don't think the percentages in management really matter because you tend to get promoted from lower rungs. Management % probably reflects the programmer hires 5-10 years ago.
We really need to look at the percentage of female applicants. In the ~1000 applications I've seen directly from indeed etc, less than 20% we're female. I didn't count, but it seemed closer to 10%. It's so bad that for some job listings I remember not receiving a single female application for 20+ males.