thorbotJul 7, 2023

Percentage Of Female Managers At Nintendo Hasn't Improved, Despite Pledges

https://lemmy.world/post/1148775

Percentage Of Female Managers At Nintendo Hasn't Improved, Despite Pledges - Lemmy.world

According to Nintendo’s annual report published earlier this week, only 4.2% of company managers in Japan are women. This is a number that has remained unchanged since 2021, when the company formed its ‘Nintendo Women and Allies’ initiative, pledging to “promote women’s careers”

Show threadCookieJarObserverJul 7, 2023
Its a Japanese company and older than 20 years, such change takes time when your entire management is in their 60s or older…
Show threadthorbotJul 7, 2023
That’s not an excuse though. If you state publicy as a company that you will make changes, then it’s not unreasonable to expect those changes to actually happen.
Show threadavapaJul 7, 2023
Japanese society is very old-fashioned, male dominated, hierarchical and “I’m older than you so that means I’m right”. Japan’s cybersecurity minister admitted a couple of years ago that he had never used a computer in his life. While I understand the frustration it is (unfortunately) not surprising that these changes do not happen in a timely fashion.
Show thread13zero

Japan’s cybersecurity minister admitted a couple of years ago that he had never used a computer in his life.

Then he has never been the victim of a cyber-attack!

Jul 8, 2023 at 7:13pmWeb