Need-to-Know Basis: On Hiring Capable Women and Then Making Them Beg for Context

(Part 2 of Read-Only Mode)

There is a particular kind of hire that happens regularly in tech companies, usually when something has gone sideways. A team is failing to execute. A product is stalling. A function needs to be stood up from scratch, or a relationship has been mishandled, or the company has grown faster than its systems and now things are quietly on fire. Leadership lo…