Most high-level positions in companies are filled by men even though the workforce in many developed countries is more than 50 per cent female. Companies should be required to allocate a certain percentage of these positions to women. To what extent do you agree?

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employees, even

the female employees contribute to more than 50 per cent of the staff. While many would argue that there should be certain

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a certain percentage

ocation given to women,

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opinion as it will create biasnes

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s women and potential employees would lose trust in the management. The primary reason why there should be no allocation towards any gender is because it will create biasnes

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s women employees.

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is to say that even if that specific individual is not eligible to take the responsibility, she might get the position just because of the reservation.

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, as per the Economic Times, women employees in BSNL who were promoted as managers on the basis of reservation, proved to be 38% less efficient than those in Google who got the position purely on the basis of their talent and hard work. The

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main reason is that the potential candidates would lose trust in the management and stop trying for high-level positions due to the disappointment caused.

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will result in the loss of reputation of company in the market

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42% of them rated their work pl

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stars or less; stating they lost the opportunity of managerial roles only because of 50% quota system reserved for women. To conclude, companies should not allocate any percentage to women employees for high level positions as

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will result in gender biasnes

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her talented staff would not have faith in their Board members anymore.