Over the course of the past two weeks, there have been three topics of conversation in particular that the market has been hung up on. First, there’s the war of words between North Korea and the United States. Second, Disney (NYSE:$DIS) has decided to ditch Netflix (NASDAQ:$NFLX) and take their films elsewhere in 2019. And third, there’s the controversial memo that circulated last week written by a Google employee.
Now, one of the most influential women in the technology sector has added her two cents on the latter.
“Though I’ve been lucky to work at a company where I’ve received a lot of support – from leaders like Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, and Jonathan Rosenberg to mentors like Bill Campbell – my experience in the tech industry has shown me just how pervasive that question is,” said Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki on Wednesday. Before moving on, it is important to mention that Youtube is owned by the parent company of Google, Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ:$GOOGL).
“Time and again, I’ve faced the slights that come with that question. I’ve had my abilities and commitment to my job questioned. I’ve been left out of key industry events and social gatherings. I’ve had meetings with external leaders where they primarily addressed the more junior male colleagues. I’ve had my comments frequently interrupted and my ideas ignored until they were rephrased by men. No matter how often this all happened, it still hurt.”
Elaborating further, Wojcicki said, “When I saw the memo that circulated last week, I once again felt that pain and empathized with the pain it must have caused others.”
Even though Google has fired James Danmore – the senior engineer who composed the memo – it has still ignited a firestorm of debate on diversity in the workplace, and important personals in the market are still discussing the matter, as seen by Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki.
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