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I hate stories like this, because there's such an easy solution: hire more women. Nobody should ever have to work with a single-gender reporting tree; in the f
by DelaneyM 10y ago
I hate stories like this, because there's such an easy solution: hire more women.
Nobody should ever have to work with a single-gender reporting tree; in the five or so steps between each individual contributor and the CTO there should be at least one woman.
It's not an impossible, or even implausible, goal. Throw a little money at it and widen the funnel, and you'll find plenty of absolutely incredible women. It's even self-perpetuating - each woman brings a network of peers to the table and makes further recruiting that much easier.
But that first hire is a doozy... I've turned down jobs in the valley before because I'd be the only woman in my org (it was only a tie-breaking factor, but a big one.)
- macintux 10y agoGiven how poorly she was treated by women in HR, and how many women left Uber per her statistics, I don't think "hire more women" sounds like a solution to their ills.
- DelaneyM 10y agoA woman in HR is still in HR, she's responsible for protecting the company from employees (and not the other way around). A woman as her boss' boss is responsible for the health & effectiveness of the team, and is likely to be far more aware of the impact these sorts of things have on cohesion and morale.
- macintux 10y agoTo be clear, more women in management is a positive. I just don't think it's sufficient.
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