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Bullies Are As Common In The Cubicle As The Classroom

Much has been made of kids who get bullied recently — Billy Wolfe, in fact, was on the Today show this morning — but the truth is, many of us face bullies as adults: At work. On a BusinessWeek blog, Cathy Arnst writes about an editor she once had: "Whenever I made a mistake—and in the beginning I made many, many mistakes—he would stand over me in the open newsroom and scream at me, impugning my intelligence and professional skills in language I've rarely heard since. I had nightmares about those tirades for years afterwards. Needless to say, I never made the same mistake twice." According to a New York Times piece by Tara Parker-Pope yesterday, 37% of American workers have experienced bullying on the job. More »

5:30 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Dodai
4,318 views, 99 comments

Latest by ダニー最高: The whole 'being excluded from social gatherings' is extremely rough. It's not something you can really complain about in any sort of official capacity, but when all the guys in the office are constantly going out drinking or for lunch more »

Time To Mend Tokyo-based marketing firm Hime & Company allows its employees to take paid time off after a bad break-up, reports Reuters. And the older you are, the more time you're allotted. CEO Miki Hiradate, whose company of six women markets cosmetics, says, "Not everyone needs to take maternity leave but with heartbreak, everyone needs time off, just like when you get sick." Beats crying in the bathroom or huddled in your cubicle, that's for sure. Hiradate also allows mornings off twice a year for shopping the sales, and is certain to be inundated with résumés. [Reuters]

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"Sexist" Career Counseling Banned in the UK

The British government is going to outlaw "sexist" career advice, like encouraging girls to go into hairdressing. The new Education Bill, reports the Telegraph, is supposed to attempt to bring some equality to the kinds of jobs young women and men are encouraged to explore. Ed Balls [Heh, heh. -Ed.], Secretary of Children, Schools and Families says: "I want more young women being encouraged and supported to have a career in engineering and more young men being encouraged to have a career in child care. It won't suit everyone but it's important to consider all the options." Of course, the highest wages are in the male-dominated fields. (There's a 40% wage gap between male and female trainees, sigh.) When it comes to vocational exams, it's clear where the gender differences lay: Almost 8,000 male students took engineering last year — compared with 350 females; while 4,500 female pupils studied health and social care, compared with 350 males. More »

12:30 PM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By dodai
1,319 views, 84 comments

Latest by anxia: I'm a rock journalist and in France, up until a few years ago, it was a mainly male job. Not because girls couldn't join in the fun, but simply because few of them tried their hand at it. I earn more »