MSFT CEO Satya Nadella: “Where’s my coffee, wench?!”

Last Thursday, like a scene out of a misogynistic episode of the Twilight Zone, Microsoft (ticker MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella told the audience at, of all places, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference in Phoenix, Arizona the following:

“It’s not about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along…And that, I think might be one of the additional superpowers that quite frankly women who don’t ask for a raise have.  Because that’s good karma.”

Bud Fox News had dispatched female reporter Silence Bellows, equipped with all her superpowers, to cover the conference.  When she approached Nadella after his remarks, he refused to even acknowledge her question, gave her a lecherous version of elevator eyes, and turned away.  He was then overheard screaming the following at a female underling, who was dressed in a skin tight Wonder Woman outfit and towering high heeled boots:  “I told you that I will not speak to female reporters!  They’re unreliable, untrustworthy and unprofessional!” Continue reading →