Office without female washroom celebrates women’s day

DHAKA: Techstosterone, a tech firm situated in Mohakhali New IT Park, observed International Women's Day on March 7 at their office premises.

But, as usual, not everyone was all too happy about that.

"This was supposed to be our day off. They kept the office open on a weekend to celebrate us for some reason. When I told my boss that IWD is tomorrow and not today he just told me that as a tech company, we must always be ahead of the curve," said Sharnila Kishore, a junior developer at the firm.

The office was cheerfully decorated with pink banners and posters that said #EachForEqual.

"As someone working in the IT industry, I am all too aware of the fact that the sector has a serious case of gender inequality. Even though out of 55 employees, we only have three women, it's extremely important that we celebrate them and the role they play in our success," said Noman Akash, the CEO of Techstosterone. However, Hamida Rahman Chowdhury, a lead iOS developer, had a different outlook. 

"I am not one of the three women, I am one of the two. The third woman our CEO spoke of is actually our new intern who just has long hair. I really don't understand what's happening here. We are celebrating IWD all of a sudden, while all five washrooms in the office look like the Kawran Bazaar fountain with yellow fever. I am so bloody done with this."

She ended the sentence with a hoarse yell and stormed out of the office.

We asked the founder if they are coming up with any technology to help women in the future. 

"I strongly believe technology can solve all of our issues. Right now, we are looking into an app that women can use to notify their boyfriends or husbands of their location in real-time so that if they face any crisis, help is only a tap away," he said while showing our correspondent screenshots of an app with a big red circle in the middle. 

Techstosterone is now looking for a new lead iOS developer.