I think the author is unhappy that tech firms cut more non-tech people and fewer tech people.

Women were disproportionately affected by the tech layoffs
https://www.axios.com/2023/07/06/tech-layoffs-2023-female-workers
Emily Peck, author of Axios Markets
2023/07/06

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The tech industry skews male, but tech layoffs paint a different picture: A disproportionate percentage of the workers laid off since last fall appear to be women.

Why it matters: There are fears that the Big Tech layoffs that rocked the industry may set back its yearslong push to diversify.

By the numbers: From October 2022 to June 2023, women made up 45% of laid-off tech employees, according to an analysis of 3,404 workers by Layoffs.fyi, shared with Axios.

• About 55% of laid-off workers were male, the analysis shows. But most industry statistics put the share of male employees in tech at a much higher level, said Roger Lee, the founder of Layoffs.fyi.
• For example: At Meta in 2022: 63% of employees were male, according to the company's data.
• Meta said it does not disclose demographic data around layoffs.

Methodology: Layoffs.fyi, which tracks industry downsizing, ran the full names of laid-off U.S. tech employees, taken from opt-in lists, through a gender name analyzer.

• Caveats: The analyzer isn't perfect and the opt-in lists may have a bit of selection bias.

The big picture: Tech layoffs were less "tech-y" than you might realize, hitting hardest the parts of these companies that are typically more female-dominated like human resources, recruiting and marketing.

• Almost half of HR people and recruiters were laid off in tech, compared to 10% of engineers and 4% of salespeople, found a separate analysis of Layoffs.fyi data.

• These are the teams (they're usually smaller) that are typically first to get cut in a round of layoffs since they're viewed as less essential.
• Meanwhile, tech companies have also pared back their diversity, equity and inclusion staff.

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Everything in the world is disproportionate …




(Except Selma Hayek)

Mr Cuicci, an "ally of women" says that companies should start with diversity (30%+ women) on day 1 with founders and execs. And maintain the ratio there after. Then all problems will be solved.



https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAPxwBcBZRJbkVnyFvC3YhSat669n4ZAzEQ

Did the author just assume their…..gender?

infinity ag said:

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Mr Cuicci, an "ally of women" says that companies should start with diversity (30%+ women) on day 1 with founders and execs. And maintain the ratio there after. Then all problems will be solved.



https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAPxwBcBZRJbkVnyFvC3YhSat669n4ZAzEQ

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This is delusional. Women don't have the risk tolerance or desire to found or join young start ups, and often early stages companies are in need of hard to find niche STEM skills to build and invent new technology, where the skill set often requires many years of experience in STEM fields that most women voluntarily drop out of before they reach such a level of experience.

These women just don't exist. Period. If they did, they'd be getting hired. Lots of young companies are desperate to hire women but can't find qualified ones who want the job.

"Hey we have 10 employees and can only pay you 1/2 of what you'll make at FANG. Don't worry, we have 14 months of runway before we run out of money for payroll. So… do you want to work insane hours for stock that you might not ever be able sell? And also be surrounded by 10 nerdy guys all day?"

"Yes" said no women ever.

infinity ag said:

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Mr Cuicci, an "ally of women" says that companies should start with diversity (30%+ women) on day 1 with founders and execs. And maintain the ratio there after. Then all problems will be solved.



https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAPxwBcBZRJbkVnyFvC3YhSat669n4ZAzEQ

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Sounds like Ken M on Linked in.

Maybe diversity isn't the goal.

It's almost like companies are trimming the fat, and it turns out that the people that design and build the products are more valuable than HR or marketing.

kb2001 said:

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It's almost like companies are trimming the fat, and it turns out that the people that design and build the products are more valuable than HR or marketing.

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"I don't know, marketing is apparently pretty important."
- Bud Light Execs

Women should learn to code better.

They are cutting ppl tbat were only hired to meet some bullcrap diversity number in the first place...pendulum coming back.

What is a woman?

Reparations!!

ts5641 said:

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Women should learn to code better.

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Go compile me a sandwich.

I put Toucan in that gender name analyzer and it came back. " toucan is a good name for a boy or girl "

I can remember the purge of men, especially disciplinarian ex coaches from elementary schools, for the more "nurturing, feel good, understanding" women. Once they were established, I didnt seem women bemoaning the loss of men leading the elementary schools, except for the women teachers who wanted to teach reading, writing and arithmetic and wanted turds disciplined and not rewarded at the principals office. funny what happens when you are large and in charge.

So cut the fat in administration... How sexist!!!

The victim-worshipping left would have you believe that any disparity is a result of discrimination. Lightning kills men at a rate 4x women. Is it sexist?

I like how this thread assumes they won't be affected if a tech worker baby daddy gets laid off and stops paying child support.

infinity ag said:

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Mr Cuicci, an "ally of women" says that companies should start with diversity (30%+ women) on day 1 with founders and execs. And maintain the ratio there after. Then all problems will be solved.



https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAPxwBcBZRJbkVnyFvC3YhSat669n4ZAzEQ

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Sounds like 30% of the executive men should identify as women and the problem would be solved.

Women were actually disproportionately affected by choosing jobs at tech businesses that aren't core functions of those businesses. This was a self selection issue.

We are not hiring new people, so we are going to lay off the people that hire new people.

I don't know why this is a surprise to anyone.

Log into aggienetwork.com and search on 1989 electrical Engineering. I defy you to find more than 5 women in that entire list, and one of those that is there now works as a realtor.

Win At Life said:

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Log into aggienetwork.com and search on 1989 electrical Engineering. I defy you to find more than 5 women in that entire list, and one of those that is there now works as a realtor.

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I work for a software company. Women don't sling code for the most part or do technical support. They do jobs like hr, technical writing, product management, sales, customer interfacing, etc

So when it comes time to downsize, they get hit harder.

Why would you lay off the workers that only get paid 80% of other workers? Makes no sense.

The same people constantly saying women are getting screwed all the time with jobs, pay, in general, are the same ones who are okay with men competing in women's sports and pretending men can have periods and get pregnant as well as erasing terms like breast-feeding, birthers, etc.

The imaginary 'war on women' that isn't real being actually being trumped by the 'war on women' that is real.

We're living in ****ed up times.

Win At Life said:

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Log into aggienetwork.com and search on 1989 electrical Engineering. I defy you to find more than 5 women in that entire list, and one of those that is there now works as a realtor.

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Aaah

Electrical engineering. Where the numbers are imaginary.
And so are the women.

jac4 said:

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What would you lay off the workers that only get paid 80% of other workers? Makes no sense.

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If I could hire women at 80% salary versus men then my team would be all women.

Basic economics.

safelightKL said:

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The victim-worshipping left would have you believe that any disparity is a result of discrimination. Lightning kills men at a rate 4x women. Is it sexist?

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Males make of 93% of inmates in prison. Males get significantly longer prison terms than similarly situated women and that sentencing disparity is significantly greater than any racial sentencing disparities.

Liberals are very selective on when equity should and should not apply.

[Note, I am not saying there is anything wrong with men making up 93% of our prison population]

AggieIce said:

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Everything in the world is disproportionate …




(Except Selma Hayek)

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This thread needs visual evidence for confirmation.
https://instagr.am/p/CuVCMQRtdBH

We had a female founder once. I believe she is in jail now for the next 10 years.

not a big fan of disproportionate women

jac4 said:

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Why would you lay off the workers that only get paid 80% of other workers? Makes no sense.

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77 cents

Did they get a raise to 80 cents?