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Back when the iPhone was a mere twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye, “culture” didn’t mean all that much in Silicon Valley. Now, it means even less. 

While a fair and equitable work community is worth striving for, endlessly mentioning your company culture is a tired marketing ploy, and one that many women in tech have known to be only lip service for some time now. 

The c-word is invoked to provide cover. It’s a box to tick. It may be tech’s favourite buzzword, but it’s time to give it up. 

Just how insincerely “culture” is used has become clear in the wake of Uber’s most recent set of scandals concerning its allegedly top-to-bottom bro workplace, not to mention the endless drip of lawsuits brought by women and people of colour at companies from Tesla to Tinder. Read more…

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