Contributed by Ireland based Janet Anderson (name changed)
It is very sad to see European men not as open minded as they claim. Even in this day and age, many of them still think that women don’t need to be acknowledged or paid the same as men in the same position. Continue Reading
Kurt Schnaubelt, EVP/CFO at Avado Brands, Inc., USA recently asked an interesting question on LinkedIn: Is it still taboo for a woman to go alone to a man’s hotel room to work when travelling for business?
Elaborating the question further he said: “A male friend of mine invited a female subordinate to his hotel room during a work conference. Purely innocent situation, she went to his room, they worked and finished some needed discussions and a project. When done, they had a cocktail (still in his room) together. The female subordinate’s husband called her on her cell phone. She answered and innocently told her husband the facts as above. The husband was very upset citing that professional judgment required opposite-sex associates to meet in a public place, never in a hotel room alone and certainly not with alcohol involved.
Was the husband justified? Is the husband wrong to be critical (is he just old-fashioned)?”
Here are some answers he received – add your comments to these. You may also read all the other answers here: Continue to read the answers
