Saturday, October 11, 2014

Microsoft boss forced to backtrack on women’s wages – Swedish Dagbladet

Microsoft Boss controversial statement was convicted at a conference on women in the IT industry, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Nadella was asked if he had any advice for women who are not comfortable with asking for a wage increase.

– It’s not really about asking for pay rise, but to rely on the system will give you the right increases , he said.

– It’s good karma. It will pay for itself because no one will know it’s the kind of person I want to trust, proceeded Nadella.

But the questioner at the conference disagreed but said that women should prepare themselves by taking track of salary levels and then practice how to ask for better pay.

on Twitter got Microsoft boss quickly criticism and Nadella has apologized both via Twitter and in an email to employees.

“I answered the question completely wrong. [...] I believe that men and women should receive equal pay for equal work, “he wrote, adding:

” If you think that you deserve a raise, just ask for one. “

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