Nearly one-third are scouring for other opportunities, according to Stanford University study.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
IT Glass Ceiling: Nearly one-third of women in high-tech careers plan to
leave their current positions and pursue other options during the next year,
spurred by frustration about barriers to their advancement. So says a report by
the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology at Stanford University.
Notably, the report states that “very few women reach top technical positions”
such as technology fellows or vice president of engineering. Indeed, the report
finds that men are nearly three times more likely to attain high-level technical
positions. Also, women make up an “increasingly smaller proportion of the
workforce at every level” at technology firms.
Other key findings from the report:
Women are skeptical that
corporations fairly reward work based on merit.
Women believe they are
viewed as “less technically competent” than men.
Those at the midlevel
of their careers are more likely to believe that extended workdays are a
requirement for success.
More than two-thirds of these women have
deliberately put off having children to pursue their careers.
Women
are more likely than men to suffer work-related stress and other health
problems.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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