From beer nights, to war mongering language, to equating ‘passion’ and bringing a toothbrush to office – much needs to change to ensure women can thrive in these spaces.
In part 1 of the Women and the tech Startup space series, we looked at how organisations must make, and follow policies to ensure that they are inclusive – thereby making space for more women in the industry. But even after companies have employed enough women, getting the men to harmoniously work with them, experts say, is a problem.
“A major part of our development team was based in Gujarat and they would refuse to directly communicate with the women at our Bengaluru office during projects,” says Suhas Entur, project manager at OODI, a design and development firm.
“They wouldn’t reply to their emails, respond to chats on Hangouts, or even text back. It always required either me or Varun [Kapoor, the founder] to step in and get it going,” he says.
“So the problem that suddenly cropped up for us was that we had worked to fix the gender […]
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