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You can skip the email request (click "No Thanks") and it starts the download for the "Women in IT: The Facts" report. EDIT: Here's the pertinent section. The

by minus1 16y ago

You can skip the email request (click "No Thanks") and it starts the download for the "Women in IT: The Facts" report. EDIT: Here's the pertinent section. They are saying they leave the field, not company, mid-career: "In 2003, only one-third of women with a computer science bachelor’s degree were still employed in a science, engineering, or technical (SET) job two years after graduation. According to a study by the Center for Work-Life Policy, 74 percent of women in technology report “loving their work,” yet these women leave their careers at a staggering rate: 56 percent of technical women leave at the “mid-level” point just when the loss of their talent is most costly to companies. This is more than double the quit rate for men. It is also higher than the quit rate for women in science and engineering."

skybrian 16y ago
Thanks, skimmed too quickly. But after reading it, I see that all their statistics comes from another paper: "The Athena Factor: Reversing the Brain Drain in Science, Engineering, and Technology" by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, et al, which Harvard Business Review will sell you for $300: http://app.post.hbsp.harvard.edu/athena/athena13/landingpage3.html http://app.post.hbsp.harvard.edu/athena/athena13/landingpage... There's a summary here: http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v9/n10/full/embor2008178.html http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v9/n10/full/embor2008178... This might be a more accurate summary: "Although SET companies are struggling with a shortfall of skilled workers and can ill afford such a brain drain, roughly 52% of women between the ages of 35 and 40 leave their jobs largely because of 'hostile work environments and extreme job pressures', according to the study." Regardless of whether they go on to another company, it's alarming that there are that many hostile work environments out there.

by minus1 16y ago

skybrian 16y ago

Thanks, skimmed too quickly. But after reading it, I see that all their statistics comes from another paper: "The Athena Factor: Reversing the Brain Drain in Science, Engineering, and Technology" by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, et al, which Harvard Business Review will sell you for $300: http://app.post.hbsp.harvard.edu/athena/athena13/landingpage3.html http://app.post.hbsp.harvard.edu/athena/athena13/landingpage... There's a summary here: http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v9/n10/full/embor2008178.html http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v9/n10/full/embor2008178... This might be a more accurate summary: "Although SET companies are struggling with a shortfall of skilled workers and can ill afford such a brain drain, roughly 52% of women between the ages of 35 and 40 leave their jobs largely because of 'hostile work environments and extreme job pressures', according to the study." Regardless of whether they go on to another company, it's alarming that there are that many hostile work environments out there.