Joanna Spiller does not expect Dutch women to follow the example that their Icelandic sisters set on 24 October: go on strike for a full day to demand equal pay for equal work. Even their prime minister joined in.
So what does she expect Dutch women to do? And more importantly, what does she do about the 13% gender pay gap?
Listen to the last episode of the podcast Women Disrupting Tech in 2023 to hear the answers. Just click the play button or follow one of the links below.
“It’s crazy to think that we live in a country where we just accept that men and women are not paid equally” | Johanna Spiller on Women Disrupting Tech – Women Disrupting Tech
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In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech
Join me as I interview Alyx co-founder and CEO Johanna Spiller to discover how we can solve the gender pay gap.
On this final episode of Women Disrupting Tech in 2023, Johanna reveals
- 🤯 what makes solving the gender pay gap so difficult,
- ✅ why the scarcity of women in tech makes for a win-win business case for women and their employers and
- 💶 how her startup Alyx fixes the gender pay gap.
She also highlights that having more diversity requires organizations to make a cultural shift that will not come from hiring just one woman.
What makes the episode magical?
Johanna is very transparent about her tech skills. She even tells me that when she took the assessment that Alyx employees take as part of the recruitment process, the result was that her own startup would not hire her as a developer.
It goes to show that you don’t need to have a tech background to work in tech.
But it gets better.
According to Johanna, changing a culture takes 3 generations of employees. If you consider that an employee generation lasts around 2-3 years, that would mean that my goal of making this podcast obsolete in 9 years is within reach.
That’s what I call magic💫.
About Johanna Spiller and Alyx
Johanna Spiller is a true champion of women in tech. But, like many of the guests on this podcast, Johanna found her way into tech by accident when someone around her suggested making an introduction for her at IBM. There she notices that even though the work is fabulous, she feels out of place because she does not have a tech background.
After a few years at the Big Blue, she decides to do something about the lack of women in tech.
With Alyx, she retrains women for jobs in tech. Alyx works with businesses and (semi) government institutions to create a more hospitable environment for women wanting to join tech.
For more information about Alyx and to schedule your coffee date, visit their website. You can also follow them on LinkedIn and Instagram.
You can read more about Johanna’s work with Alyx in two Dutch articles, one on MT/Sprout and one on channelconnect.nl. And feel free to connect with Johanna on LinkedIn.
And if you want to try if tech is something for you, you can try out these websites (no endorsement):
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