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"Director of Technology (all genders)" I guess I hadn't looked at German want ads ever. Is mentioning the gender as the most important qualification - literall

"Director of Technology (all genders)" I guess I hadn't looked at German want ads ever. Is mentioning the gender as the most important qualification - literally in the headline - standard practice? Also I guess Berlin is cheaper but seeing 99.5k EUR as the upper bound salary for a director role is a bit jarring. I guess it's just the "otherness" of it but the DEI statement is shaped oddly to an American eye too. Please tell us if you are black or disabled but not if you are old or married.

herrherrmann 29d ago
The “(all genders)” bit is probably just based on the fact that they translated the German job ad (in German you have to be more explicit with the male/female/all versions of titles, because the default is usually just the male form). So, it’s not a qualification, but just a way to be inclusive to applicants of all genders (we have a diversity problem in our industry). The salary is bound to the limits of the public salary bands (collective agreement), that’s where the maximum comes from. (And, you can live quite well in Berlin with ~100k € per year.)
- xyzelement 29d ago
  Thank you!
- robin_reala 29d ago
  Yep, the German version’s heading is a bit of a mouthful: Technische*r Direktor*in (m/w/d/x) Wir suchen eine*n technische*n Direktor*in, der*die die Technologie- und Forschungsstrategie der Sovereign Tech Agency federführend gestaltet und vorantreibt. https://www.sovereign.tech/de/stellenangebote/technische_r-direktor_in* https://www.sovereign.tech/de/stellenangebote/technische_r-d...
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trlphj 29d ago
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Vinnl 29d ago
Huh funny, now that you mention it: at least in the Netherlands, job listings have had "(m/v)" (male/female) in the title since forever, i.e. way before woke was a thing, but that indeed is kinda weird. "All genders" is probably just a modern ("woke") version of that same old practice.

herrherrmann 29d ago

The “(all genders)” bit is probably just based on the fact that they translated the German job ad (in German you have to be more explicit with the male/female/all versions of titles, because the default is usually just the male form). So, it’s not a qualification, but just a way to be inclusive to applicants of all genders (we have a diversity problem in our industry). The salary is bound to the limits of the public salary bands (collective agreement), that’s where the maximum comes from. (And, you can live quite well in Berlin with ~100k € per year.)

xyzelement 29d ago
Thank you!
robin_reala 29d ago
Yep, the German version’s heading is a bit of a mouthful: Technische*r Direktor*in (m/w/d/x) Wir suchen eine*n technische*n Direktor*in, der*die die Technologie- und Forschungsstrategie der Sovereign Tech Agency federführend gestaltet und vorantreibt. https://www.sovereign.tech/de/stellenangebote/technische_r-direktor_in* https://www.sovereign.tech/de/stellenangebote/technische_r-d...
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trlphj 29d ago

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Vinnl 29d ago

Huh funny, now that you mention it: at least in the Netherlands, job listings have had "(m/v)" (male/female) in the title since forever, i.e. way before woke was a thing, but that indeed is kinda weird. "All genders" is probably just a modern ("woke") version of that same old practice.