by
Dawn Foster
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Hiring and Firing
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[...] Daring to hire from outside the traditional pool while non-traditional yourself, merely ensures the prejudicial stereotypes applied to your race or gender come back to haunt you.
which makes sense, since minorities who promote diversity are seen as less competent (she cites this study: https://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2014/07/21/women-penalized-for-promoting-women-study-finds/)
[...] Daring to hire from outside the traditional pool while non-traditional yourself, merely ensures the prejudicial stereotypes applied to your race or gender come back to haunt you.
which makes sense, since minorities who promote diversity are seen as less competent (she cites this study: https://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2014/07/21/women-penalized-for-promoting-women-study-finds/)
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[...] Every colleague is competition. As a result you're constantly on edge, aware that the tiniest slip of the tongue or careless mistake could mean a fall from grace and attendant loss of income. In such circumstances, it's almost impossible to organise collectively. No one employed so precariously dare step out of line first, knowing the imevitable consequences. [...]
[...] Every colleague is competition. As a result you're constantly on edge, aware that the tiniest slip of the tongue or careless mistake could mean a fall from grace and attendant loss of income. In such circumstances, it's almost impossible to organise collectively. No one employed so precariously dare step out of line first, knowing the imevitable consequences. [...]
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The benefit of having women in the cabinet remains to be seen for migrant, low-paid, or abused women. For now, it seems as though there is no difference: the powerful look after the powerful, with gender as an afterthought, or a bargaining chip when trying to deflect criticism for cuts that harm women.
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[..] There is no intrinsic tendency for women to support other women when competing class and power interests offer far more fruitful personal rewards.
she also mentions that the women who get into these positions of power in the first place tend to be the ones who already fit the culture and won't ask for too much change (see: Margaret Thatcher)
The benefit of having women in the cabinet remains to be seen for migrant, low-paid, or abused women. For now, it seems as though there is no difference: the powerful look after the powerful, with gender as an afterthought, or a bargaining chip when trying to deflect criticism for cuts that harm women.
[...]
[..] There is no intrinsic tendency for women to support other women when competing class and power interests offer far more fruitful personal rewards.
she also mentions that the women who get into these positions of power in the first place tend to be the ones who already fit the culture and won't ask for too much change (see: Margaret Thatcher)