Some of us ladies had a 'chat' with HR yesterday, on how to enhance women's representation in our workforce. The numbers are abysmal right at the base and all the more so as you go higher. My friend A was of the opinion that we should put women in projects with higher visibility thereby giving them an opportunity to shine and also, when there is a contention between a man and woman for a promotion, the woman should be promoted.
I don't agree with her on this because it sounds like discrimination in its own way. It still upsets me that my boss neglected my eight months of good work just because I was on maternity leave for the next four months and I lost out on jobgrade movement because of that. But I should've thought about it right then and discussed with him so I consider it my fault also. All I want is level playing field in the workplace - today, there is a culture of staying late and some mental points given to people who can put in long hours in the office. This straightaway puts women at a disadvantage. Set the right timelines for a project and evaluate people fairly - by the quality of the work they do within the deadlines, that's all. But our people take sadistic pleasure in asking for late nights, weekends and no work from home even on a Saturday! I see women who were the best in their teams leave, just not able to cope up with this kind of regime and how does one evaluate such losses?
I don't agree with her on this because it sounds like discrimination in its own way. It still upsets me that my boss neglected my eight months of good work just because I was on maternity leave for the next four months and I lost out on jobgrade movement because of that. But I should've thought about it right then and discussed with him so I consider it my fault also. All I want is level playing field in the workplace - today, there is a culture of staying late and some mental points given to people who can put in long hours in the office. This straightaway puts women at a disadvantage. Set the right timelines for a project and evaluate people fairly - by the quality of the work they do within the deadlines, that's all. But our people take sadistic pleasure in asking for late nights, weekends and no work from home even on a Saturday! I see women who were the best in their teams leave, just not able to cope up with this kind of regime and how does one evaluate such losses?
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