MEN evaluated and rewarded according to productivity but not totally subjective criteria. This is the charge made by Katie Moussouris, a former Microsoft employee who, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, could trigger even a class action for discrimination against the software giant. According to Moussouris Microsoft would pay a lower wage to women promoting them less frequently than their male colleagues. The finger is pointed at the system of assessing the performance of workers. A Microsoft spokesman said that the company will review the complaint. Moussouris, hired as program manager of Microsoft’s security in April 2007, had resigned in May 2014. The lawsuit also accuses the former employee a supervisor of retaliation, granted with a lower bonus, after the woman accused him of sexual harassment. Moussouris and his lawyers point to a class action involving women employed by Microsoft in the US from 16 September 2009 to present. “We are committed to a diverse workforce and a workplace where all employees have a chance to succeed, “said a Microsoft spokesman. For now this is the first prosecution of its kind. Last year, however, was a hornet’s nest of controversy following a statement by the CEO Satya Nadella, that women, rather than ask for a raise, they should have trust in the system and in a “good karma”. Statement immediately rectified by NADELLA in a letter to employees that was completely convinced that “men and women should have equal pay for equal work. If you think you deserve an increase,” he concluded, “you have to ask.”
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- Microsoft
- discrimination
- class action
- gender gap
- gender discrimination
- salary gap
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