Microsoft CEO 'humiliated' by reaction to comments on equal pay, presents a diversity plan

Microsoft CEO 'humiliated' by reaction to comments on equal pay, presents a diversity plan ,

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella did not face criticism over his recent remarks that women in the notoriously sexist technology industry should not be "asking for a raise," but should be "have faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along." having made the comments at the beginning October at a conference celebrating women in technology, then reverse them on Twitter and in an internal email, Nadella takes even more steps to apologize and stress that it is committed to greater equality between the sexes microsoft. In a memo sent to Nadella Microsoft employees this week, obtained by Geekwire he said the feedback he received on his comments was "a humbling experience and learning." Nadella will also the state, it is "100 percent committed to diversity and inclusion at the heart of our culture and society" and presents several new measures taken to extend to improve on these areas.

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Nadella also shares the internal numbers that the "wage gap" between the wages of women and men to Microsoft with the same title is still only 0.5 percent, much better the average US and even better than the variance in the technology industry as a whole (which is constantly improving). But it also highlights recent diversity figures published by Microsoft show that women represent only 29 percent of the workforce of the company and said "these figures are not good enough ... we will increase the diversity of our workforce at senior management level and re-double our efforts in college and other hires. " Finally, Nadella said it will introduce mandatory training on diversity and inclusion, and said he and the rest of the management team will work with the Microsoft general manager of diversity Gwen Houston on monthly goals. Nadella clearly hopes to turn his recent experience in an improvement plan within Microsoft as a whole. Above all, the incident and its aftermath are good reminders that control over the diversity in technology is not going away anytime soon.