VMware commits to closing workforce gender gap by 2030

VMware has committed to achieving gender parity as part of its list of goals to reach this decade, COO Sanjay Poonen told CNBC’s Jim Cramer Monday.

The cloud computing and virtualization software company has laid out 30 goals to meet by 2030, and addressing the makeup of the workforce is one of its most important initiatives, he said.

“We want to see more diversity in the workplace. We’re committed to having 50% of our managers be women,” he said in a “Mad Money” interview.

KEY POINTS
  • “We want to see more diversity in the workplace. We’re committed to having 50% of our managers be women,” VMware COO Sanjay Poonen told CNBC’s Jim Cramer.
  • “We want to hire one woman for every one male that we hire, and really see a more diverse workforce with underrepresented minorities and women,” he said in a “Mad Money” interview.
  • The gender parity initiative is one of 30 goals that VMware has committed to achieving by 2030.


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