Microsoft’s Nadella Emphasizes Diversity at Shareholder Meeting
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Posted By: How May I Help You NC on December 08, 2014 By Dina Bass In his first shareholder meeting as chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Satya Nadella emphasized one message: Diversity matters. At the 90-minute event today in a corporate conference center in Bellevue, Washington, the CEO discussed and responded to questions about how Microsoft is working to hire, retain and promote a more varied workforce, including having all employees take training that alerts them to their unconscious biases. The senior leadership team of the Redmond, Washington-based software maker had just taken such a course, Nadella said. “We will make progress every year towards building a more diverse workforce and creating opportunities at every level of the company for all of Microsoft’s employees,” Nadella said at the meeting, which was attended by several hundred shareholders and featured a cameo appearance from former CEO Steve Ballmer. Nadella’s message on diversity follows a gaffe by the CEO in October at a conference on women and technology, when he said women shouldn’t agitate for raises and should instead rely on good karma. He later apologized for the remark. The topic of the technology industry’s homogeneity has also been in the spotlight this year, with companies including Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. revealing that women make up about 30 percent of their workforces. Microsoft has said 29 percent of its total employees are women, a percentage that falls to 17 percent in technology positions. Continued: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-03/m... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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