After observing men receive coveted promotions over more experienced women, several highly-placed executives left for other companies. Perhaps he would have taken action anyway--I'd like to think that he would have. Nike CEO Mark Parker dismisses successor Trevor Edwards and 5 more top execs. Here's why it worked so well:In companies that tolerate workplace harassment, it's common practice for HR to isolate those who complain, telling them they are the only ones to complain, and suggesting that it's their own fault. When you present data that proves harassment is a problem, that's pretty hard to ignore.
HR representatives first insisted on only meeting the women one at a time, and then proceeded to tell each of them that "no one else had ever complained." A Nike spokesperson And yet. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to land him a contract, so he was forced to settle for writing on the internet for a living instead. I now realize you didn’t need too much ingenuity to pass a screening that involved a light patdown and someone looking at the inside of your hat, but at the same time, it never hurts to be too careful.There are plenty of reasons Nike got my attention when it announced it had whipped up some absolutely bananas However, nothing caught my eye more than this little guy.If you have to ask what such an absurdly tiny pocket like that could be useful for, these sneakers probably aren’t for you. If you're mad about something he wrote, be sure that any angry tweets you send note the similarity between his last name and a popular insult, as no one has ever done that before. And that likely would not have happened except that Fowler is a high-profile figure in the software development world.
But because a survey is data, it's newsworthy in itself. There was one thing you could do: drugs.There are a few reasons I didn’t resort to that approach back in the day but the biggest one is that I was absolutely scared shitless of getting caught by security.
← Elevate Your Home-Cooked Meals With These Exotic Saltverk Salts From IcelandJohnny Depp’s Exes Winona Ryder, Vanessa Paradis Release Statements Defending Him In Libel Trial → Whether that was an attempt to make her soften or retract her story, or just a supreme example of thoughtlessness, the survey turned out to be an effective way to get a company with an entrenched "bro" culture to begin taking sexual harassment and gender discrimination more seriously. The survey, distributed informally among Nike's female employees, asked respondents whether they had experienced sexual harassment or bias while at the company. An individual complaint is easy enough to set aside, but a survey, especially one with more than a few respondents, is a data point.
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