Seven Sharp's piece on women in the top tiers of power

[Winston001]

If the paycheck stops at 5 it's not work anymore, it's brown nosing.

Fair enough and at one time I'd have agreed with you. However in real life if you want to develop a career, gain experience and earn the respect of clients plus those you work with, putting in whatever hours are necessary is the key.

If you do that when you are young and have the stamina evetually the day will come when you can change course and make your own rules.

FYI young lawyers and accountants who knock off at 5 are regarded as part-time...and find they are no longer needed. Its detestable, it's unwritten, but it is understood. Young management types are regarded the same.

[Winston001]

Incidentally, working long hours and going to social functions is not brown-nosing. That is how you learn, that is how you gain experience, that is how you broaden your horizons. But yeah, it can reverse and dissolve into booze and bad decisions which is probably what most of us are thinking of.

Damned if I know. Never liked the schmoozing.

[Berries]

Ah sorry, thought the title said topless.