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Video of the interview: http://new.livestream.com/accounts/10060267/events/3447060 http://new.livestream.com/accounts/10060267/events/3447060 The question abou

Video of the interview: http://new.livestream.com/accounts/10060267/events/3447060 http://new.livestream.com/accounts/10060267/events/3447060 The question about women asking for raises happens around 01:34:04.

yen223 12y ago
As a person who can't currently view videos where I am, what was the controversial statement that Satya made?
- manachar 12y ago
  In short: Satya indicated that women shouldn't ask for raises and let it all work out in the long term. A mashable article on the topic: http://mashable.com/2014/10/09/microsoft-ceo-women-karma-raises http://mashable.com/2014/10/09/microsoft-ceo-women-karma-rai...
- ChrisAntaki 12y ago
  > what was the controversial statement that Satya made "It's not really about asking for the raise, but knowing, and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises, as you go along. And that, I think, might be one of the additional super powers, that quite frankly, women who don't ask for a raise have. Because that's good karma, it'll come back! Because somebody's going to know, 'That's the kind of person, that I want trust.'" He's assigning good karma to a lack of assertiveness in women.
  - Confusion 12y ago
    No, he's assigning good karma to everyone that places trust in colleagues, managers and 'the system'. Which may seem naive and even incomprehensible, but that does not preclude that he actually believes it and that his belief system is something that is as worthy as any of ours.
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swartkrans 12y ago
His answer was painful to watch. That was not a good answer, even naive given how she asked the question. Not asking for a raise is a superpower when so many women are experiencing a pay gap that is attributed, in part, to not asking for raises? What rational logic leads to such a claim? It's good that he apologized though, maybe he gave it some thought and it isn't just a PR move.
- jlees 12y ago
  It was even more painful live, in a room of 8000 women. Ouch.
mattm 12y ago
You know, sometimes these things are taken out of context but that's not the case here. That was horrible advice. The interviewer's answer was 100x better and more practical.
rlu 12y ago
Oh god. The way he delivered it was even worse than reading it on all the news articles. He just said it with this tone of utter wisdom. When she's giving her answer you can tell by his body language that he very quickly realized how the rest of his day would pan out.

yen223 12y ago

As a person who can't currently view videos where I am, what was the controversial statement that Satya made?

manachar 12y ago
In short: Satya indicated that women shouldn't ask for raises and let it all work out in the long term. A mashable article on the topic: http://mashable.com/2014/10/09/microsoft-ceo-women-karma-raises http://mashable.com/2014/10/09/microsoft-ceo-women-karma-rai...
ChrisAntaki 12y ago
> what was the controversial statement that Satya made "It's not really about asking for the raise, but knowing, and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises, as you go along. And that, I think, might be one of the additional super powers, that quite frankly, women who don't ask for a raise have. Because that's good karma, it'll come back! Because somebody's going to know, 'That's the kind of person, that I want trust.'" He's assigning good karma to a lack of assertiveness in women.
- Confusion 12y ago
  No, he's assigning good karma to everyone that places trust in colleagues, managers and 'the system'. Which may seem naive and even incomprehensible, but that does not preclude that he actually believes it and that his belief system is something that is as worthy as any of ours.
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swartkrans 12y ago

His answer was painful to watch. That was not a good answer, even naive given how she asked the question. Not asking for a raise is a superpower when so many women are experiencing a pay gap that is attributed, in part, to not asking for raises? What rational logic leads to such a claim? It's good that he apologized though, maybe he gave it some thought and it isn't just a PR move.

jlees 12y ago
It was even more painful live, in a room of 8000 women. Ouch.

mattm 12y ago

You know, sometimes these things are taken out of context but that's not the case here. That was horrible advice. The interviewer's answer was 100x better and more practical.

rlu 12y ago

Oh god. The way he delivered it was even worse than reading it on all the news articles. He just said it with this tone of utter wisdom. When she's giving her answer you can tell by his body language that he very quickly realized how the rest of his day would pan out.