>That's very speculative and likely not true. It is obviously speculation since I don't work there or know anyone who does, but it is based on what I've person

>That's very speculative and likely not true. It is obviously speculation since I don't work there or know anyone who does, but it is based on what I've personally seen and heard. It's kind of funny that you find it so hard to believe, though. I don't expect to get an actual answer from you in regards to why that is, but I'd still like to ask you why you think it's unlikely. This was a decision made by an HR manager. If you are not familiar with the gender imbalance for HR in the United States, it is overwhelmingly women (both in and out of tech). You can form a rough and incomplete org chart by glancing through LinkedIn, if you want some actual data that will assist you in forming an educated guess in regards to who was potentially involved with this decision. If we are assuming that all of the people involved were acting rationally and in their best interests (and there is no reason not to), then I think it is naive to think that this did not make it all the way to the CHRO.