Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has come under fire for comments he made on Thursday suggesting that women should trust in karma rather than ask for pay raises. “It’s not really about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along,” Nadella told a predominantly female audience. “That, I think, might be one of the additional superpowers that, quite frankly, women who don’t ask for a raise have — because that’s good karma,” he continued. “It’ll come back.”
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Microsoft CEO Flip-Flops on Women Trusting Equal Pay to Karma
Posted by: Katherine Noyes October 10, 2014 01:10 PMMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella has come under fire for comments he made on Thursday suggesting that women should trust in karma rather than ask for pay raises. “It’s not really about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along,” Nadella told a predominantly female audience. “That, I think, might be one of the additional superpowers that, quite frankly, women who don’t ask for a raise have — because that’s good karma,” he continued. “It’ll come back.”