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71% of women in IT roles work longer hours to advance their careers. Organizations could do more to balance gender equality in the workplace.

As a historically male-dominated industry, many IT companies have been described as having limited career development opportunities for female employees, according to Acronis. Issues like lack of mentorship, inadequate policies for work-life balance, and sometimes even a culture of exclusion have contributed to this. To gain insight into the current state of gender diversity in IT, Acronis commissioned a survey of full-time female employees to gauge their sentiments on equality in the IT industry and … More → The post Most women in IT work overtime to advance in their careers appeared first on Help Net Security.

  • PunchingWood@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    24 days ago

    In my experience everyone has to work overtime to make a career. Or at least that’s what my bosses kept saying. These issues mentioned in the post aren’t exclusive to women, not even in the slightest.

    But reality is that there’s often hardly any career to make, and I ended up having to find different jobs to actually progress. Been at two different studios and now a third with a similar function, and unless it’s a big corporation, it’s not that easy to move up. Heard claims on several occasions that “everyone is replaceable”.

    • atro_city@fedia.io
      5·
      24 days ago

      The survey findings discovered that while 32% of respondents already think that men and women are treated equally in the workplace, 31% of women strongly believe that men are promoted faster. 71% of women reported working longer hours to improve their chances of career advancement.

      How many men work longer hours to improve their chances of career development?

      There isn’t even a link to the study / questionnaire / whatever. What a shit article.

    • lath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      24 days ago

      Exactly. Everyone is deemed replaceable in the name of profit, other than the higher-ups. So overworking isn’t the solution, making yourself visibly more irreplaceable than your immediate boss(es) is how you advance in your career.