Tech Industry Needs Female Quotas Now

Submitted by Broadsword on Mon, 2011-09-12 14:10

Article here. Excerpt:

'So, a woman at the top of her game has been unceremoniously kicked out of her job - she's not the first and surely won't be the last. Carol Bartz, until this week CEO of Yahoo, has been fired by the company board. She received the news via a phone call from the Chair of the Yahoo board. Charming.

Does this have anything to do with the fact that Carol Bartz is a woman? If she were a man would this have ended the same way? Would enforced quotas for women on boards have helped this situation in any way? I believe that they would.

A recent 'Women and Work' survey of three thousand women by Marie Claire magazine and Everywoman found that sexism is still rife in the workplace and that women believe they are disadvantaged compared to men when it comes to pay, promotion and age. 44 percent of women surveyed said that that glass ceiling still exists in their workplace and 83 percent said that being attractive helps women get on better at work. In another survey of both male and female managers almost three quarters of the women surveyed said that they face barriers when it comes to top level promotion, while 62 percent of women and 42 percent of men, surveyed backed positive action to boost the role of women.'

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Carol Bartz was hired to turn around Yahoo! and failed. Is it any wonder why she was fired?

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Submitted by canaryguy on Mon, 2011-09-12 18:10

I read this article kind fast. Am I to understand that the author of the article believes Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo, was fired because she was a woman and not because of her work performance?

That does not make any sense. What type of business would be profitable if they went around firing productive employees?

Quotas are the last thing we need. They are not fair to anyone.

My dad always taught me that if I work for someone I better make a difference to their profit that is more than what they are paying me. For example if I am getting paid $20/hr to sell shoes, I better be making them a profit of $40 an hour.

It's also about supply and demand. Obviously her type of work performance was either not in demand or they found someone that can do it better and/or for less.

Business is really a simple concept - take in more money than you pay out.

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Submitted by Kris on Mon, 2011-09-12 20:08