| | BBC NEWS | Technology | Hi-tech workplace no better than factories |
 | | He looked at the characteristics of hi-tech workplaces, which are seen as a potential model for the future of work. |
 | | He found that the individualistic, macho culture of tech jobs was putting women off applying for jobs, despite an often critical shortage of skills. |
 | | In his study, Professor O'Riain found a fiercely competitive world, which one software engineer described as a white collar factory. |
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