Quote of the day by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on women asking for a raise: 'Its about knowing and having faith in the system' a controversial gaffe
that led to an immediate reversal

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Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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The technology industry has long struggled with equalising the contributions of men and women with women vastly underpaid relative to men

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The 'women in tech' discourse has, over time, shifted from general awareness around key issues to instigating meaningful and systemic reform. Each year, there are thousands of events, panels, initiatives and policies devoted to equalizing the experience between men and women with remuneration a key part of this. Its 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. Because thats good karma. Itll come back because somebodys going to know thats the kind of person that
I want to trust." Satya Nadella, October 2014 Mind the gap Speaking at the 2014 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the then newly appointed Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella clumsily commented on how women
should approach the question of unequal pay in the workplace. Quote of the
day This article is part of TechRadar Pro's QOTD project to provide an
insight into the minds of the brightest and most recognized figures in the technology industry today and in years gone by. Read the full series here . People immediately pushed back against his remarks, with widespread and universal condemnation. For example, the interviewer, computer scientist
Maria Klawe, immediately pushed back, giving women the opposite advice.
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You should, she advised, do your homework on fair salaries and actively practice negotiating. This was followed by media reports and social media commentary ridiculing the comments drawing a swift apology from the
Microsoft CEO. Bridging the divide Nadella addressed the controversy in an internal memo, as reported by GeekWire , and reaffirmed Microsoft's
commitment to positive action. You may like Why the tech gender gap persists and the importance of building a more inclusive future Closing the AI
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In the years that have followed, there's been a mixture of changes across the tech industry for better and worse. There is, for example, a higher proportion of women in tech now than more than ten years ago. But female leadership is declining .

There are also concerns that the pay gap is widening , and that women have disproportionately comprised over 45% of total job losses despite making up roughly 30% of the workforce. Despite a huge and very vocal push, the reality remains that progress on better representation, equal pay, and equal opportunity is patchy at best. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter
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