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Gender (sex) bias at work

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IceniSky · 10/01/2020 17:50

Are there any threads on this already? I couldn't see any. I'm in a male dominated sector that promotes equal opportunities but I wonder whether I'm on the receiving end of second generation gender bias.

There are no senior females in my department. I've been there a very long time and have only ever had shinning reviews and positive comments however, it just feels the white middle aged men get ahead faster. I am not even sure I want to go any further as I just feel very worn down but the posturing for power I get impacted by or caught up in.

Anyone have experience of this, and how can you tell whether it is, or it is just you not being good enough? I do work flexibly to pick up child from school.

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OneEpisode · 12/01/2020 09:14

You could try and ask a question like “are the panel aware of the research that diversity of senior employees would make us stronger as a business, and do you have any plans to encourage women, BAME.. to meet their potential?”

IceniSky · 12/01/2020 09:02

We have an offsite in a few weeks, and you can ask questions via Sli.do, which get answered if people vote them up. Can you get into trouble if you ask about gender bias and whether they feel it exists, whether they feel their policies on stopping WFH for a few days a week could be indirect discrimination, and what the female applicant rate is and whether not mentioning flexible working, WFH naturally excludes mothers from applying?

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