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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry this is happening, OP.  It sounds like you have a reasonable perspective on it and are taking the right action.

I'm not sure if it was your intent to raise the specter of sexism, but I'll share my perspective on this.

I'm a white man in a c-level role in both an industry and a org function dominated by men (think tech).  I firmly believe that more diverse teams perform better, and until recently my leadership team has reflected that.  However, after a few departures and new hires, it has become more white and male than it was previously.

I would prefer to maintain a leadership team that is diverse across a variety of dimensions -age, gender, ethnicity, experience, etc.  I think it yields better results.  But mine is a function dominated by white men and my obligation to the company is to hire the people who can deliver the best results. The pool of qualified women at this level in this function is simply very shallow.

I wish it wasn't true and on my team we're actively working to counter that through promotions and career support.  But 25 years ago in my undergrad tech classes, the male:female ratio was 10:1 at best.  That's probably better today, but it takes time for those young women to grow into the senior leadership roles.  In the meantime, we're just stuck with a lopsided pipeline that was established a quarter century ago.

So, fwiw, there are allies out there and i count myself among them.  But we exist in imperfect conditions and can be limited in what we can do to demonstrate our support in ways that people most want to see.  Just because it's a man who was hired doesn't mean it's an abandonment of women in the workplace.[/quote]

There are very few career paths where you have to have been on a specific 25 year journey that started with an academic major that, at the time, was 10:1 male. That's an unlikely explanation for what's happening here. In fact, women drop off at all the points on the pipeline to senior leadership for all kinds of reasons. There is no reason to think it will be better for women who are young now. [/quote]

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