Ellen Pao: women 'more comfortable' pointing out discrimination at work

Reddit chief executive may have lost her lawsuit against VC firm Kleiner Perkins, but hopes the case will spur more progress in other workplaces

Reddit chief executive Ellen Pao may have lost her gender discrimination lawsuit against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, but she is optimistic that the case will have played a part in encouraging women to speak out about unequal treatment at work.

In her first detailed interview since seeing a jury rule against all four of her claims against her former employer, Pao told the Wall Street Journal that she thinks more women feel confident enough to raise these issues, while warning that there is much more work to be done to solve them.

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