Nadella: Women paid equally at Microsoft, but there's work to be done

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella found himself in boiling water last week when he suggested women shouldn't ask for raises and instead trust in karma that equal pay would come their way. He's spent the subsequent days trying to make amends for his remarks, and today during an event focused on the cloud he once again addressed the seething issue.

During a Q&A session following revelations on Azure, Nadella called the last week "a humbling and learning experience for me."

He said at Microsoft, women and men are paid equally for equal work. However, where he sees a need for improvement is in making sure there are equal opportunities for women to be hired for equal work, and he said Microsoft will "continue to work as a company to make progress" in that area.

When asked what concrete steps Microsoft is taking to achieve a more gender-balanced workforce, especially in engineering, Nadella pointed to mentoring and "returnship," or making it easier for women to come back to work after taking time off. He pointed to female executives like Julie Larson-Green and Bonnie Ross as women who hold senior engineering positions at the company, but didn't rest Microsoft's gender equality laurels there.

"We have a lot more to do," Nadella said. "We have made some progress, but we need to look at what are the key obstacles."

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