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OP - I understand the concern and I think it’s totally valid. May I also ask you at the same time to include in your diversity lens a wider demographic, as I do believe diversity has many dimensions and not just gender, all of which need to be critically examined and addressed. In any case, though current numbers make for a depressive read I know that a lot of us are trying our hardest to help bring about meaningful change. Someone commented on this being a consequence of a skills/ qualifications disconnect. What are your thoughts on this OP? What do you think are the root causes (other than just pure prejudice) that is slowing progress and what would you like to see done more or less or altogether differently?
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They are usually in the break room picking up coffee for the team.
Probably because they couldn't clear the qualifications for the job!
Women make up 18% of comp sci majors if you're talking tech.
I'm not seeing that many white males anymore
What’s the point you are making EY3 and EY4? If you don’t like the firm and its people, go work somewhere else where you find comfort.
Women get pushed out because they decide consulting isn't worth the lack of work life balance - at least that's my observation.
Even in the IT Consulting side during our counselor meetings I walk into a room filled with Asian senior managers and all the partners are white male lol. Someone explain that to me..
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I find that a rather naive observation A2 - surely there is that subset as well but I think we would be missing the mark if we don’t question this topic more holistically
This is specifically for women. Big 4 (ones I've worked at) are proactive to have "representation" as a whole org but I have not seen it trickle down into servive offerings and sub service offerings. I also don't believe it's a skill issue. We just don't add them to our teams or they don't want to join. I don't know what's the problem is but I don't see women in my team, sub service offering, service offering.
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OP what about considering there are less women pursuing Business degrees. So firms having less women is a reflection of the amount of people available in the market with qualifying degrees. This is very anecdotal and haven’t looked up numbers but I had FAR less women in my business classes. For electives like psychology it was the exact opposite, and there were more women. So it’s completely free choice for which degree a person chooses to pursue.... why ding the firms. It would be unfair to have a 50/50 ratio if there isn’t a 50/50 ratio with qualifying degrees.
Ok I looked it up. Numbers don’t lie. For masters degrees obtained by men 26% are in business while only 11% by women. Same theme for undergrad. Women pursue different degrees that simply wouldn’t apply in our field.
What a bizarre response - It’s not the same thing though - “Consulting” being our profession, surely you can appreciate the diversity of application and thought process that is required to be successful? I’m not asking a plumber to be a doctor here - but an undergrad degree in psychology doesn’t mean you can’t work your way into strategy consulting or even a more functional and technical role because let’s face it - 90% of the work we do is not rocket science or something we can’t learn on the job, so long as a person has the ability to learn, think critically and apply themselves. Now surely there will be roles within consulting and professions out there where we can not be as flexible, but that still leaves a lot of opportunity out there where there’s a case to be made for more equitable representation. Do you disagree?
EY OP maybe because women can't spell