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By Andy McCue

Published: Friday 09 September 2005


Name

Chris Nixon


Location

UK


Occupation

Consultant


Comment

CEO? I find that hard to believe, even leaving aside the rampant sexism and apalling spelling, the attitudes expressed (aside from those on outsourcing) struck me as pretty immature for a corporate chief.

In my own experience I have worked with many exceptionally capable women, who in at least two cases were earning an embarassingly small amount compared to myself and many other men around me, whilst being at least if not more technically capable *and* harder-working to boot.

As a man who has many female colleagues in a large corporation, I have met only one who remotely fits your description. This compares with quite a few blokes who coast along with apparent ease - under much lighter workloads, I might add.

I'm glad you invited comments. I find diatribes like this unhelpful, to say the least, and I'm being extremely diplomatic here.



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