--- title: 3 Ways Tech Companies Are Putting Off Female Candidates description: 3 ways tech companies are harming their chances of attracting female candidates. The Perks are not necessarily perks for everyone. Not everyone wants to, or... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/3-ways-tech-companies-are-putting-off-female-candidates-0kiqoqru3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 3 Ways Tech Companies Are Putting Off Female Candidates | daily.dev og:description: 3 ways tech companies are harming their chances of attracting female candidates. The Perks are not necessarily perks for everyone. Not everyone wants to, or... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/3-ways-tech-companies-are-putting-off-female-candidates-0kiqoqru3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0KiqOqrU3.png og:image:alt: 3 Ways Tech Companies Are Putting Off Female Candidates og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 3 Ways Tech Companies Are Putting Off Female Candidates **[Code Like A Girl](https://daily.dev/sources/colkgirl)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary 3 ways tech companies are harming their chances of attracting female candidates. The Perks are not necessarily perks for everyone. Not everyone wants to, or can, drink to excess for a variety of personal reasons. No one wants to work in purgatory, we all like a good place to play. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@idoshamun** · 0 upvotes > Elli describes the reasons that cause a lack of women in tech. She says that the companies are lowering the chances to recruit a woman due to irrelevant perks for women, lack of salary transparency, and gender bias in the job adverts. I encourage you to read the full article, especially if you are an employer. > Let me know what you think about the current situation of women in tech. --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/3-ways-tech-companies-are-putting-off-female-candidates-0kiqoqru3) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"3 Ways Tech Companies Are Putting Off Female Candidates","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/3-ways-tech-companies-are-putting-off-female-candidates-0kiqoqru3","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/3-ways-tech-companies-are-putting-off-female-candidates-0kiqoqru3"},"datePublished":"2020-08-11T12:12:53.218Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"3 ways tech companies are harming their chances of attracting female candidates. The Perks are not necessarily perks for everyone. Not everyone wants to, or...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3e206004f2fec70de2f8c464c2af6fab","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3e206004f2fec70de2f8c464c2af6fab","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Code Like A Girl","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Code Like A Girl","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/82e21f28c59c499f9c47833c55500fd8","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/colkgirl"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/3-ways-tech-companies-are-putting-off-female-candidates-0kiqoqru3","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Code Like A Girl","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/colkgirl"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"3 Ways Tech Companies Are Putting Off Female Candidates"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/3-ways-tech-companies-are-putting-off-female-candidates-0kiqoqru3","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Elli describes the reasons that cause a lack of women in tech. She says that the companies are lowering the chances to recruit a woman due to irrelevant perks for women, lack of salary transparency, and gender bias in the job adverts. I encourage you to read the full article, especially if you are an employer.\nLet me know what you think about the current situation of women in tech.","datePublished":"2020-08-19T08:37:43.356Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0KiqOqrU3#c-6btlGdJIv","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ido Shamun","url":"https://daily.dev/idoshamun","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s---xy_OAwk--/f_auto,q_auto/v1703781380/avatars/avatar_28849d86070e4c099c877ab6837c61f0"}}]} ```