Women across the globe may be breaking the glass ceiling, but the corporate world continues to be unfair and biased towards them. It’s an unsaid truth that women have to struggle to ‘keep going’ in this misogynistic corporate set-up. Often, a woman’s silence is underrated and she gets crushed by the corporate tentacles.
Former Wipro employee Shreya Ukil, who worked in their UK office, has sued the giant IT service company and is seeking a compensation of about 1 million pounds. Shreya has accused the IT firm of sex discrimination, unequal wages, harassment and unfair dismissal. The report was originally published in The Telegraph.
Shreya, who worked as the Sales and Marketing Manager told The Telegraph that the working culture in Wipro is deeply predatory and misogynistic in culture. She has now filed a case of sexual discrimination and equal pay claims at the Central London Employment Tribunal.
Shreya revealed that she was manipulated to have an affair with a former senior VP and global BPO head Manoj Punja. He quit the company last year. Punja is currently the executive Vice President Bengaluru-based IT firm Microland.
Shreya believes that the culture of Wipro is “toxic” for women. She was also quoted saying that the culture in Wipro requires women to be subservient. Her colleague Praneet Pittal said that Wipro’s annual sales conference in Las Vegas means getting drunk, getting wasted, go to strip clubs and attend some meetings. Shreya also shared that the male colleagues would invite escorts to their rooms at the sales conference. There was also a scene where a top executive misbehaved with a Mexican dancer, during a Las Vegas trip.
Shreya shared that the working culture of the corporation is so biased that if women are confident, capable and expressive of their viewpoints, they are often termed as emotional, psychotic or menopausal. Not just that, if a woman supports another female colleague then she is termed as lesbian.
We believe this is the reality in many corporate giants, as generally women do not have the courage to expose the company. We are proud that Shreya has taken a strong step. We hope that women who have suffered similar issues come out in the open and stand against this misogynist culture.
Image courtesy: The Telegraph
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