[Peroni]

The problem is they want a diverse workforce.

I'm sure the vast majority of companies want the exact same thing but there comes a point where you simply have to accept that we work in a significantly male dominated industry and to get to a point where more than 20% of your staff are female means you have to compromise somewhere in order to achieve that balance. Unfortunately that compromise isn't always going to be appropriate.

[fein]

Yes they want a diverse workforce, but I think the issue is more that they need a diverse workforce. We should probably examine the need part first. In most cases its a PR/ government requirement issue, which means that maybe this wouldn't be a goal if the PR and regulatory pressure didn't exist.

I don't know of a right way to get more women into the IT space, but the diversity requirements imposed on businesses don't seem to have the effect that seems to have been intended.