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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By JULIE STEINBERG
When a woman fails on Wall Street, (Zoe Cruz, Sallie Krawcheck, Erin Callan)
, it's often tempting to draw sweeping conclusions about the evolution of
women in the finance industry. Often, this approach is warranted: No female
CEO leads a bulge-bracket bank and women generally comprise around 20% of
managing directors, one of the highest ranks in finance.
Because there are so few visible women in finance, when one steps down or is
forced out, the move is automatically suffused with more gravitas than if a
man had done so.
Still, it's prudent not to confuse gender politics with plain old screw-ups.
Ina Drew leaving J.P. Morgan is a perfect example. Under her direction, the
Chief Investment Office lost $2 billion due to a failed trading strategy.
That she offered her resignation isn't a sign that yet another woman has
fallen victim to the whims of a testosterone-driven environment. Rather, it'
s an acknowledgment that when you make a mistake, regardless of gender, you
have to pay the consequences.
Perhaps this turn of events might be comforting to the legion of women on
the Street who want to be treated like everyone else. While it may be true
that women have to work harder to overcome bias, at the end of the day, the
workplace is, in certain aspects, a meritocracy. Do a good job and you won't
get fired. Do a bad job and you'll lose your head, whether you're a man or
woman. |
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