http://whenwomenwork.com Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:08:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://whenwomenwork.com/2007/10/20/european-men-women-don%e2%80%99t-deserve-equal-pay/ Contributed by Ireland based Janet Anderson (name changed) I have worked in three European countries other than my own and been offered jobs at lower than required minimum payment. The local companies think of foreigners as stupid and not knowing the law. On the contrary, I found my two American employers ... http://whenwomenwork.com/2007/10/20/foreign-companies-in-europe-more-law-abiding-than-local-ones/ 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 ... http://whenwomenwork.com/2007/10/17/going-to-man%e2%80%99s-hotel-room-during-business-travel-a-taboo/ Ireland based Janet Anderson (name changed) will be writing for WhenWomenWork occasionally, under an anonymous name, sharing her experiences as a working professional. Having worked in four European countries, including my country of birth, I can say European companies are all discriminatory in varying degrees going up to extreme high. Employers ... http://whenwomenwork.com/2007/10/13/western-european-companies-most-discriminatory/ Paris based Yvonne Michele Anderson, an independent film producer, internet entrepreneur and non-profit and media consultant shares her story of how she overcame barriers to her career advancement by striking out on her own. I worked in a law firm that is considered the best in it's field. It was ... http://whenwomenwork.com/2007/10/10/entrepreneurship-a-way-to-overcome-barriers-to-advancement/ Is it true, as some would believe, that women get away with things at work in a way men cannot? Or do you believe they face challenges men don't and deserve some privileges, if any? I put this question to men around the globe – some of the responses are ... http://whenwomenwork.com/2007/10/01/do-women-get-special-privileges-at-work/ Contributed by Samhita T Rao, Vice-President with a multinational bank in India One of the perks of working in organizations like HSBC is it is not always work as usual – I was recently selected as a volunteer to work on an environmental project in the rainforests of Northern Australia. And ... http://whenwomenwork.com/2007/10/01/on-a-jungle-break-working-for-the-planet-with-earthwatch/ It is not about stereotypes here, but women with children do faced challenged when off to work; after all, the children do need to be taken care of. Should companies have a role to play here? Yes, say working mothers – and this opinion resonates globally across countries and societies ... http://whenwomenwork.com/2007/09/30/childcare-at-work-a-need-felt-globally/ This was not a question I raised, but Juliette Reinders Folmer, a marketing communications consultant from the Netherlands chose to make a point by sharing the following with me. Would you agree? Share your comments. In my view, women are their own worst enemy when it comes to work. ... http://whenwomenwork.com/2007/09/30/are-women-their-own-worst-enemy-at-work/ And here's another take on working with women from Rohini Sharma, another friend working as a teacher in Delhi. Teachers tend to be mostly women in India, not just in schools but even in other training institutes covering languages, soft skills, voice accent training etc. Gourmet Talk: Having taught in ... http://whenwomenwork.com/2007/09/28/mostly-women-colleagues-enjoy-the-girl-talk/