Microsoft CEO Links Women's Pay Rises To Karma

                          

The newly installed boss of Microsoft has come under fire for telling women they do not need to ask for pay rises, relying instead on "karma".

The comments were made by CEO Satya Nadella while he was speaking in Arizona at an event for women in computing.

Mr Nadella was asked to give his advice to women who are uncomfortable requesting a salary raise.

He replied that women should have faith that the system will give them the right raises as they go along.

"It's not really about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along," Mr Nadella told the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.

"Because that's good karma... It'll come back because somebody's going to know that's the kind of person that I want to trust."

The comments by India-born Mr Nadella, who has a remuneration package of around $7m (£4.3m), sparked a torrent of criticism on social media.