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> At least around here I also see that if two persons, one woman and one man, apply for the same position, and they are seen as exactly equally qualified, the w
by st3fan 5y ago
> At least around here I also see that if two persons, one woman and one man, apply for the same position, and they are seen as exactly equally qualified, the woman gets hired first. Why? Because amount of women in the department is a KPI.
Explain why this is a problem? You say these two candidates are equally great. Should the man have been picked?
- skinkestek 5y agoNo, absolutely not. I'm just pointing out that at least around here, and in the companies I want to work in, women has an advantage from before they are hired. I don't think this is necessarily true in USA and many other places. But together with the PyCon story and others where men are massively disadvantaged while everyone pretend it is always easy for all men it might explain a bit of the feelings you sometimes see.
- st3fan 5y agoIt is interesting that you say "men are massively disadvantaged". Because as a hiring manager I can tell you that my experience is that usually for engineering positions, 99 out of 100 applicants are ... men ...