"Apefai gau": faʻalavelave faʻalavelave i le amataga o se galuega

How do the problems of career growth and professional fulfillment look like in our imagination for women? It is customary to talk about the problem of the «glass ceiling», a metaphor for an invisible barrier in the promotion of women to high positions, the lack of women in leadership, unequal pay between the sexes, the balance of career and family.

Ae ui i lea, o se suʻesuʻega e lima tausaga talu ai nei a McKinsey ma LeanIn o le 22 miliona tagata ma le 590 kamupani na maua ai se aʻa fou o le faʻafitauli o le le paleni o alii ma tamaitai. O le laina pito i lalo o le umi ae latou te leʻi oʻo i le pito i luga o le taʻitaʻiga, o fafine e feagai ma faʻafitauli i le amataga lava o le apefai matata. E amata uma lava nai lo le mea e te mafaufau i ai, mai le tulaga muamua o taʻitaʻi, lea e masani ona "faatonuina" le ala mo tamaitai.

In practice, it looks like this — a woman is offered a job in a call center instead of working with key customers, the position of an accountant instead of the job of a financial manager, the fate of an ordinary designer instead of an art director. At the same time, all entry-level workers are roughly equal: they don’t have long lists of achievements, they have the same work experience, and they are all good enough to be equally considered for promotion.

Ae ui i lea, mo alii uma e 100 e maua a latou faʻauluuluga muamua, e naʻo le 72 tamaitai, ma o lenei le paleni na faʻateleina i le tele o tausaga. E sili atu le talenia o tamaloloa, galulue malosi ma fiasili nai lo tamaitai, pe o iai se mea le talafeagai o tupu?

E tuuaia ea fafine?

E masani ona e faʻalogo o le manatu o le leai o se faʻamoemoe i tamaitai. Ae ui i lea, o le mea moni, 71% o tamaitai e mananaʻo i se alualu i luma galuega, 29% fai mai, ma 21% talosaga mo se siitaga o totogi. O le ae ofo, ae o nei fuainumera e toetoe lava a fetaui lelei ma le pasene o alii. Peitai, e pei ona iai muamua, e 45% o tagata tomai faapitoa a le HR ma le 21% o alii na suesueina e talitonu o le faafitauli o le le lava lea o agavaa i tamaitai.

These attitudes lead to the fact that «popular» work with large teams and budgets is more likely to be given to a man than a woman, without regard to her competence. But it is this work, in turn, that is more likely to be noticed by top managers and becomes a springboard for performing more significant tasks.

As you can see, there is no good reason why women and men are promoted at a ratio of almost 1:2, but there is one explanation — bias and, as a result, a “broken ladder”. Since that initial broken rung of the career ladder, women can’t climb fast enough to catch up.

3 mafuaʻaga e faʻamamafaina e tamaitai lava ia

Let’s give the floor to women who see other reasons for the «broken» situation, namely:

1. E fa'amasinoina fafine i galuega i tulaga eseese. What are these «other standards»? Sociological studies have revealed our general tendency to overestimate the activities of men, and underestimate the achievements of women. As a result of this, women need to show achieved results in order to be promoted, while men can be evaluated for potential, that is, in fact, for future achievements. This is what often gives rise to an unconscious bias regarding the abilities of women at work, both among women themselves and among those who make decisions.
2. Women do not have «sponsors» in the company who would support them with their recommendation. O ai tagata lagolago ma aisea e taua tele ai? O le ese'esega i le va o sponsors ma mentor, o le sponsors o ofisa sinia i le kamupani lava lea e tasi e fautuaina malosi se tagata mo le siitia, faʻalautele a latou matata. E le pei o faufautua, e tele lava ina ofo atu fesoasoani fa'alilolilo, o tagata lagolago e fai ma sui o latou puipuiga pe a o'o mai galuega tetele po'o avanoa faigaluega.
3. E tau le maua e tamaitai se tulaga pule. O le mea moni e itiiti le fa'aai'uga a tama'ita'i i le fa'alapotopotoga e ta'ita'ia tagata. O le tulaga e ono eseese i vaega o fefaʻatauaʻiga, faletupe, tekinolosi, tufatufaina atu, faiga faʻalesoifua maloloina, gaosiga, inisinia, ae o loʻo faʻaauau pea le tulaga: o le pasene o tamaitai i le tulaga o pule e mautinoa lava e maualalo ifo nai lo alii.

Ae le o mea uma e matua leaga lava. O nisi kamupani e tu'uina atu a'oa'oga fa'apitoa mo ta'ita'i talavou. E mafai ona avea ma fuafuaga a le tagata lava ia, polokalame faʻaaʻoaʻoga e atiaʻe tomai faʻapitoa ma i le taimi lava e tasi suʻesuʻe auala eseese galuega.

Ae ui i lea, e tele isi mea e manaʻomia e faʻaleleia ai le tulaga. E mafai ona avea lea ma fa'aofiina o faiga fa'avae talafeagai, ma le mana'omia o se fua tutusa o tama'ita'i ma ali'i mo si'itia galuega, ma le fa'atinoina o a'oa'oga le fa'aituau talafeagai mo i latou e filifilia sui tauva mo le tulaga o pule, ma tulaga manino mo le si'itia, ma, o le mea moni, o le faʻatinoina o polokalame faʻapitoa mo taʻitaʻi mo tamaitai. ma alii e tuuina atu le avanoa tutusa e iloilo ai mo tulaga faaletaitai.

Afai e fa'aauau pea ona ausia e kamupani se si'itaga la'ititi i le numera o tama'ita'i latou te fa'alauiloa ma fa'a faigaluegaina i tulaga ta'ita'i i tausaga ta'itasi, fai mai McKinsey, o le a toe tolusefulu tausaga a'o le'i va'ai le va o ali'i ma tama'ita'i pule tulaga muamua.

O le fa'ai'uga e tatau lava ona fausia e tama'ita'i i le Apefa'i Ta'oto a latou lava galuega ma lagolagoina isi tama'ita'i. Ae faʻapefea pe afai, nai lo le faʻamoemoe mo suiga i kamupani, tatou te faʻalauiloaina le alualu i luma o tamaʻitaʻi i totonu o galuega? Mafaufau la, o le a se mea e mafai ona tatou faia pe a tatou le faatali, ae galue e faaaoga se fuafuaga fou?

3 ways to break the «glass ceiling»

1. O se vaaiga faamaoni i le tulaga ma le faia o tulaga. Taumafai, isi mea e tutusa, e filifili tamaitai ma auai malosi i le faiga filifiliga. Ua fa'aalia i su'esu'ega o le fa'aopoopoina o tama'ita'i i se vaega e fa'ateleina ai le avanoa e filifilia ai se sui tauva tama'ita'i. Fesoasoani e fausia se si'osi'omaga e fa'amalosia ai e le fa'alapotopotoga se aganu'u o le 'ese'ese ma taui mo fa'atinoga nai lo se tuuga e fa'amaonia ai lona taua. Afai o oe o se ta'ita'i, taumafai e fa'aopoopo le numera o tama'ita'i mo le fa'alauiloa i le lumana'i e aunoa ma ni fa'ata'ita'iga.
2. Fa'ata'ita'iga mo tama'ita'i. I luma o mata o tamaitai talavou, e le lava ni faataitaiga o tamaitai faamanuiaina e tutusa. Afai o oe o se tamaitai, ia avea oe ma faʻataʻitaʻiga mo talavou, faʻasoa au tala manuia ma toilalo, aumai lau vaaiga, avea ma faʻataʻitaʻi faʻataʻitaʻi, ma faʻalautele galuega a au puipuiga.
3. Faatauva ma oe lava. O lenei mataupu faavae e lautele, ae sili ona talafeagai mo tamaitai. Aua e te manatu o loo e tauva ma au paaga tane. Na'o le tauva ma lou tagata ua mavae, fa'amanatu lou alualu i luma ma le manuia. Ina ia faia lenei mea, ia faʻaalia atili e ala i le tautala faʻaalia e uiga i ou agavaa ma tomai, ia avea lenei mea ma luitau o le a tauia.

Afai e te mulimuli i nei mataupu faavae, o le a manuia tagata uma: oe lava ia, o le ae maua se lagona o le le faʻaituau, faʻataunuʻuina faʻapolofesa, faʻamaoni. O le a manuia pisinisi pe a va'aia e tagata faigaluega le faiga sa'o ma o le a fa'atupula'ia lo latou fa'amaoni, ma o le fa'amalieina o tagata faigaluega e o'o atu ai i le fa'aleleia atili o le amio ma i'uga pisinisi.

Knowing what the problem is, it is already impossible to forget. We think that each of us can be guided by the imperative of equality of opportunity and fix the «broken» ladder.