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“Women. Like Men, Only Cheaper.”
While that might sound like something from a Mad Men episode, there’s a reason the meme is popular today. A new study shows that a full 80% of women would leave a company for one that offered better gender equality. The same study highlights that additional 78% of respondents say a workplace where people are treated equally — regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, race or religion — is important to them. And yet, roughly half of female workers (56%) and male workers (52%) surveyed believe their employers could do more to promote gender equality and diversity.
Upon entering your workplace, have you ever been greeted by a foul and pungent smell? Most of us have experienced this at least once over the course of our careers. Sometimes co-workers don’t shower after a long exercise routine, or they simply don’t shower often, transforming their daily physical accumulation into a roaming smelly cloud. Sometimes people don’t wear socks, or they take their smelly shoes off under their desk. And, sometimes people routinely forget to brush their teeth in the morning.
My friend has a colleague, let’s call her Millie. Millie is in her sixties and loves spending most of her time at work preparing food, eating, and washing up. She has a mid-level administrative position at a big institution, which has nothing to do with food.