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Is this really true though? From my experience in the job market in Berlin on both the hiring side and on the other side, it doesn't seem that there's a dearth

by llampx 5y ago

Is this really true though? From my experience in the job market in Berlin on both the hiring side and on the other side, it doesn't seem that there's a dearth of women being hired into individual contributor and management positions. Late 20's are women's starting years if they did a Masters or PhD, so we'd see that in the labor force participation numbers if it was true. Maybe in some top echelons / old Boyd clubs these things are discussed, but I was never made to feel like there's a bias towards males. In fact, in tech and product it's more the opposite.

ChuckNorris89 5y ago
Don't know the Berlin job market but TBH Austria is way more conservative than hip and liberal Berlin as proven by having a conservative party at the helm and the lowest number of women in top management positions in Europe. The corporate world in Austria (excluding young start-ups) pretty much is the embodiment of the "old boys club" meme. Also, Austria has stronger parental leave than Germany AFAIK from my German colleagues working in Austria so that could also explain why employers there are less affected by this.