[Thread] Have you ever witnessed someone get discriminated against at work? Why do you think happened?

Has anyone ever faced gender discrimination at work place? We’ve moved forward, we tag ourselves as quite progressive and I believed the same but never did I think gender discrimination at work place could be a thing until it happened with me! Wanted to know if anyone else ever has faced such a thing and how did you tackle it?

Do you guys think going forward when the average age of a tech employee becomes 30+, companies will prefer to hire single folks over married ones? Since single folks have no added burden to maintain timings due to family and can work longer hours, can it be the case that married guys lose edge in the job market? Don't judge me, this was a completely random thought and wanted to see what other think?

I'm part of the founding team of a fintech startup. Our marketing manager heads a team of five. She's getting married next month and is super excited with the whole hoopla. Date outings, relatives, puja, invitations, festivals—it's just too much energy being redirected. We're happy for her, too. But now it's becoming a productivity issue at work. Things are delayed, nothing is on deadline, subpar work is getting published, and the numbers have dipped. She was hired because she's good at her work, but this is getting her distracted from what she's good at. And it probably won't stop after getting married. She'll be even more taken up with a new house and responsibilities. Ofcourse, I've spoken to her about this, and the response is the usual: "I'll do better, I'm trying, I'm aware of the delays." Look, as a female, I'm all for women's empowerment. But if you get sidelined in your efforts, someone else will get this job. She's good; I don't want to let her go. What do I do here? Please do not make crass comments on gender or call her names. This is a professional platform; let's maintain the sanity of the same.

I have seen pseudo feminism happening everywhere around which has just wasted everyone’s time and energy over debating for false narratives. Does feminism really matter or it brought any change in corporate lives. If yes then why still pay parity exist and why projects have been given on the basis of gender but not on the basis of skill and experience? What’s your take on this ?

Hi community, Wanted to know why MNCs give priority to hire girls over deserving folks? Got multiple calls and messages from juniors both from college and others that companies are hiring in the ratio of 8 girls to 1 boy. Is there any specific thing that the companies gain by this? Really saddened by this current scenario, first this reservation scenario, and now this diversity shit. Seems like it is a curse to be born as a General Male in this country.

During the townhall at our office, I couldn’t resist but count the number of women that are actually present in tech! And guess the number? Out of around 100-150 people I could count only 9 women! (Including myself) And as I was thinking around it, time came for my 1 on 1 review and I for a fact believe that I’ve been working good and so did my manager, he started with all the wonderful things I did and the improvements were great from our last 1 on 1 but the review ended with much of a confusion, it felt like I was told I’m a women in this industry! My manager added how this industry is biased and how if a women does something wonderful she’s not a normal girl! He rather added that how life will get difficult for me from now on since I’m married and might plan a family! Are men also told the same thing? They will plan a family too right? It felt like i was not treated equally like my other teammates and a bit differently because I am a woman? Have you ever given a thought about how it happened with you and around you?

Got impacted in the layoff at Sharechat today after working 4+years here. Got the news an hour back and have not shared this with anyone in my family yet. I am sad and have to share this news with my fiancee and in-laws today. Tell them why I have to cancel vacation plans and look out for a job instead. I am into an arranged married and my in-laws are very conservative and don't understand tech work culture, I don't know how they will take the news of a layoff. I'm anticipating they will be shocked, her asshole brother-in-law will even make fun of me. To make it worse the fault is mine for believing I won't be laid off when my company was not doing well. I thought it would not happen to me and never looked out in advance. Fuck 2023. What a shit show Christmas.

Hey folks, Happy friday! What this post is: a place to hang around and chat just about anything - without having a specific topic to discuss. Think of it like the watercooler at your office. Look forward to hearing from you all :)

[Borderline LinkedIn Cringe] Does everything have to be done with the intention of proving men wrong? Is this the message you want to send as a CEO? (Glad there are women disagreeing with her in the OP though)