This post is somewhat of spill of my inner thoughts that fill me with paradoxes and self-fulfilling prophecies that fill my day as I do the ever so popular activity of working from home. I sit at home all day and do work on my company supplied computer that seemingly...
I am a woman who works in finance. When I originally studied finance I only went into it because I liked playing games with numbers and through some courses I had taken I recognized that there was a way to make money by solving the same math problems for other...
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The concept interests me greatly, I hope to see more start ups look into this mentality as I believe all personnel would benefit from it
This is an interesting topic that I believe further and impartial ESG analysis would be of great use
I am happy to hear that your experiences with sexism have been less extreme as to mine.
I have no intention to not continue my journey in finance, it would be pretty hard to convince me to leave especially because I know that I have the ability to make things better for other women.
I have considered many times that there is something that I am doing to cause the problem however some concrete facts of sexism have been shown to me that there is nothing beyond my gender have caused. There are countless other experiences of women that can corroborate my experiences as well.
In fact, at the beginning of my career I doubted... (read more)
I agree that increased saturation of women on the team would overall benefit the women on the team however as the other replier mention, women are often pit against each other as there is an unsaid sense of competition as we know that we will be given less opportunities than the men.
This post is somewhat of spill of my inner thoughts that fill me with paradoxes and self-fulfilling prophecies that fill my day as I do the ever so popular activity of working from home.
I sit at home all day and do work on my company supplied computer that seemingly has no substance. This allows me to run through theories in my head all day and does not allow me to escape them. The largest one that crosses my mind on a daily basis is the impermanence and pointlessness of life.
A strong disclaimer that I will make before continuing with this post it is not intended to suggest taking ones own life.
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I am a woman who works in finance.
When I originally studied finance I only went into it because I liked playing games with numbers and through some courses I had taken I recognized that there was a way to make money by solving the same math problems for other people. I was not aware of the ever-present and violent sexism within finance that I had come to realize after working in the industry.
Sexism was not thoroughly explained to me when I was young and thus when it had been occurring to me I was confused by it but shrugged it off as I was not educated on the area. When I had... (read 555 more words →)
there are so many benefits to pay transparency beyond this issue as well however it is heavily stigmatized (at least in more traditional companies).