Nintendo Still has a Women Problem Despite Earlier Promises
Despite Nintendo's loud declaration, the Japanese corporation's managerial positions are still dominated by men.
Earlier this week, Nintendo released its annual report, which shows that only 4.2% of managerial positions in the company's Japanese subsidiaries are held by women (a percentage that has remained constant since 2021).
Perhaps there would be nothing surprising about this, were it not for the fact that the Kyoto-based giant created the "Nintendo Women and Allies" initiative in 2021, pledging to "promote women's careers" within the company (via Axios).
To make matters worse, this year's report revealed that female employees at Japan's Nintendo earn on average 72% of what men earn.
However, the corporation refutes these allegations, explaining that there is no gender gap.
"The pay gap between permanent male and female employees is mainly due to seniority and average age. There is no difference in the treatment of men and women in terms of pay or evaluation systems."
It's worth noting that Nintendo's report concerns only the company's offices in Japan, not the corporation as a global enterprise.
Interestingly, however, the data from Nintendo's Japanese offices coincides with the findings of Reuters, according to which the Land of the Rising Sun has the largest gender pay gap among G7 countries.
According to the agency's information, women in Japan earn on average about 78% of what men earn.
NintendoLife on the other hand, noted that according to the latest information, 23.5% of managers in the Nintendo corporation are ladies - which is still a decrease compared to 2021 and the start of the "Nintendo Women and Allies" program, when the rate of women in these positions was 23.7%.
The above findings clearly show that Nintendo's career support program for women to date has largely been mostly smoke and mirrors.
