Here’s a real puzzler: a DEI trougher demands to keep diversity targets. But only in rich jobs dominated by men.
Tesla chair Robyn Denholm has declared that diversity is “not a nice-to-have” but “fundamental” to good business as a new report reveals Australia’s ‘boys club’ still dominates the tech sector.
Funny how she doesn’t fret about the ‘boys club’ in dangerous, dirty jobs like garbage collection or oil-drilling. Nor does she say much about teaching or nursing, which are close to entirely female.
“Diversity is not a ‘nice-to-have’ – it’s fundamental to building a high-performing tech sector and achieving the Australian government’s goal of 1.2 million tech jobs by 2030,” Ms Denholm told this masthead.
“When we talk about diversity, we’re really talking about better outcomes. Whether it’s diversity of background, experience, or perspective, it leads to stronger teams, better decisions, and greater innovation.”
And her evidence for this is…?
Oddly enough, she never once provides a single shred of evidence. Because there isn’t any. So she assumes her own premise and gaily sails on to scarf up all the c-suite benefits she can demand a quota for.
The only actual evidence we get is that rich, aggrieved women are stuck in a permanent cycle of complaining and living under the eternal suspicion that, somewhere, there’s a man getting something that they’re not.
62 per cent of women say men in their workplace are supportive of women and their career paths, compared to 81 per cent of men who agree with that statement.
“For us to have to bridge the gap between perception and reality, we definitely need more open conversations around what are the lived experiences of women in the workplace,” [Women in Digital chief executive and founder Holly Hunt] said.
What if the ‘gap between perception and reality’ is entirely one way? Will these whinging harpies ever concede that they’re being handed a silver platter full of goodies that they haven’t earned?
Don’t make us laugh. They’ll keep demanding more and more quotas where it suits them and screeching like banshees if they see a man earning something nice that they haven’t.
“Flexibility is now widely embraced, and that’s a win for everyone in tech. However, there is a lingering culture of presenteeism, where visibility and after-hours engagement are still seen as prerequisites for advancement, which disproportionately disadvantages caregivers,” Ms Hunt said.
Oh, no: they actually have to show up and do their jobs?
The other way to look at it might be: this culture of feminist careerism disadvantages their children.
Pfft, don’t be silly: if their trophy 2.5 children don’t like it, they can complain to the childcare workers.
If the workers speak English, that is.
