Why The Gender Pay Gap in Tech Gets Worse Not Better
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There is still a lot of debate as to whether the gender pay gap even exists at all. Many argue it's a myth and simply comes down to men and women making different choices. However, there is a lot of evidence to the contrary, including this Glassdoor review of the pay gap in tech being the widest of all https://www.fastcompany.com/3065870/the-gender-pay-gap-is-still-widest-in-tech-says-glassdoors-chief-economist
We're going to take a look at how the pay gap is evaluated and, more importantly, how to get rid of it and improve the route for women into and through careers in tech.
As always, we don't come along with all the answers - far from it. What we do is facilitate the conversation and bring industry insights, relevant data and stories to help reach workable solutions we can all implement to improve gender balance in our tech teams.
This month we welcome our special guests are:
PAUL KEEN, Head of Software Engineering at Qantas. Paul has been a prolific leader of technology teams in Australia and is a regular at Men Championing Change meetups.
JOEL HYNOSKI, Head of Engineering at Canva. Joel is going to share the work he's been doing on pay equity in his tech teams recently.
We're pleased to welcome MATT PARKER as guest MC for June, a talent acquisition leader in tech companies. Currently working at Ratesetter, Matt is passionate about improving gender diversity.
We're delighted to be hosted and sponsored by MEDICALDIRECTOR at their great offices in Haymarket. They're an award winning health-tech company who's software is transforming the healthcare system. And did you know MedicalDirector ranks #2 on the 2018 Australian Financial Review’s Most Innovative Companies List and is also the winner of the AFR award for Best Business Model Innovation.