76% versus 2% of top achieving women versus top achieving men receive critical feedback, according to management software company Textio, which analyzed performance reviews of 25,000 employees in hundreds of companies. 88% of these critical remarks regard women’s personalities, while only 12% of negative comments top men received were similarly nonconstructive.
Top Achieving Women Receive Negative Feedback Thirty-Five Times More Often Than Top Achieving Men in Performance Reviews
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