Pros
Just promoted 3 women into executive roles. Half the reports to the CEO are women. BHP appears to be making good progress on the diversity and gender equality fronts.
Cons
The capable, proactive, and smart women in the middle of the Petroleum organization were pushed to Shale, then flushed out of the company. The problem remains. Women are treated poorly. The male team leaders feel empowered to be jerks and blackball women, especially those with an opinion and don’t suck up. It’s still a Old Boys club, and where it’s progressed on diversity the men who are gay or from outside the US are the ones who get promoted. White and American are being phased out. BHP has abandoned gender equality and replaced it with gender visibility. It’s not the same thing.