I have been working in the IT field for 15 years and here are my observations about women in the places I've worked.
1. 50% of the women called in sick a lot more than the guys.
2. 25% of them have an alternate schedule or work part time.
3. Women take customer's complains too personal. And they hold grudges; they don't simply let go.
4. They don't like to work in the areas of IT with the most labor intensive tasks. For example, support dept. deliver, move and setup computers up to 75lb.
5. When they're managers, they want to know every single details about a solution or problem. And then they're not sure what to do. They delegate to a manager so they stay out of trouble.
6. They complain how much more money the guys make but they don't want to do the most complicated tasks (SQL, Domain migrations, cisco switches vlan configuration, RAID file system setup/configuration, etc.,)
The IT field is fair as long as employees have the skill set employers are looking for.
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I have been working in the IT field for 15 years and here are my observations about women in the places I've worked.
1. 50% of the women called in sick a lot more than the guys.
2. 25% of them have an alternate schedule or work part time.
3. Women take customer's complains too personal. And they hold grudges; they don't simply let go.
4. They don't like to work in the areas of IT with the most labor intensive tasks. For example, support dept. deliver, move and setup computers up to 75lb.
5. When they're managers, they want to know every single details about a solution or problem. And then they're not sure what to do. They delegate to a manager so they stay out of trouble.
6. They complain how much more money the guys make but they don't want to do the most complicated tasks (SQL, Domain migrations, cisco switches vlan configuration, RAID file system setup/configuration, etc.,)
The IT field is fair as long as employees have the skill set employers are looking for.