Alibaba has 30 percent of total female workforce at the organization and it is more than that of Facebook and Google.
Latest Alibaba news is regarding the fact that the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant taking pride in the 34 percent leadership roles being held by women of the organization. The percentage that has been reported is higher than the one in Silicon Valley or the companies in it.
If we come to realize it, there have been many alleged accusations on the big tech giants showing signs of sexism. We are not sure how much of that is true but we do know that there are a very few women on the leadership roles for big tech giants. However, at the same time, Alibaba, Chinese e-commerce giant who has begun making its global presence with acquisitions and partnerships, has 34% females leading various departments or sectors in the organization. Alibaba news reports that the founder and driving force behind the e-commerce giant, Jack Ma has taken pride in this fact and calls the women “secret sauce” of the company.
The comment was made by the founder in the midst of first Global Conference on Women and Entrepreneurship by Alibaba being conducted in China where the organization had welcomed various high-profile renowned women who had been an inspiration as well. The list included Jessica Alba, Queen of the Netherlands, Arianna Huffington who is the founder of Huffington Post. The event had been utilized by the Chinese e-commerce site to promote the female entrepreneurship and also to display the gender diversity of the organization. This gender diversity has made the world question the other world renowned tech giants now. As of summer 2014, the female employees in Alibaba made up approximately the 34 percent of high level managers and also third of founding partners of the company. The company has stated that more than 40 percent of the workforce of the organization consists of female employees.
Ma expressed, “I feel proud that more than 34% of senior management are women. They really make this company’s yin and yang balanced.”
If we compare it with the other tech giants, for instance, Facebook’s total female workforce if 31 percent and the leadership has 23 percent of it. Google’s female workforce consisting of women is 30 percent and 21 percent of the company’s leadership. Cisco has 23 percent of female workforce and only 19 percent of the leadership.
However, despite the fact that Ma has shown feminist sentiment, his choice of words some times are stereotyping and too simplistic. At one point he has fallen short when there is ageism. Many eyebrows raised when he announced that CEO Jonathan Lu, had been replaced by Daniel Zhang as the motivation of having younger blood in the business.
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