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

[Number One]

You're all missing the point here completely. What's the woman doing out of the kitchen in the first place?

http://youtu.be/6zXDo4dL7SU

[Berries]

Unfortunately he is correct.

Akzle? Yeah, always thought you were one and the same.

[SMOKEU]

http://youtu.be/6zXDo4dL7SU

Thanks, that complemented my post quite nicely.

[Akzle]

Akzle? Yeah, always thought you were one and the same.

no need to be fucken rude eh.

[Paul in NZ]

Ive never been sure if after work schmoozing is required to get the deals done or if guys that like mid to upper management roles are just slippery bastards with drinking problems...

Either way - I'll never fit in because I don't like it one little bit. In fact i get a bit antsy because I would rather go for a ride / paddle / fish / gym / hang out with Vicki in any other way...

Fortunately I'm also a terrible liar and not very sociable at all so these people actively avoid me - it kind of works out but does limit your career...

[Edbear]

"Cats in the Cradle" Harry Chapin

That's the one!

Akzle? Yeah, always thought you were one and the same.

Eh? How did you get that mixed up..?

[ducatilover]

People are more likely to give to others they like, that's just how we are.

More to the point, how do people manage office work? I'd go fookin' mad being stuck in an office

[imdying]

It's been a long time since I had a woman on top.

Why does it not surprise me you like blokes

[Bald Eagle]

The point is that work does not stop at 5pm.

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

Hey, it's all about teamwork... and if you're not part of the team after work, then how can you be a part of the team during work.

'Cos the Team only exists at work. See above.

It's a commercial transcation, they pay you for your time. The time they don't pay you for is for living.

[mashman]

More to the point, how do people manage office work?

We torture ourselves with wishing we could be outside doing something else...

[Big Dave]

Don't watch TV, but this shlock journo act seems to have provoked the response it was intended to.

if guys that like mid to upper management roles are just slippery bastards with drinking problems...

I played the game a long time ago. Marketing manager large corporation.

They'd (management) have a 'team bonding session'; get drunk, complain endlessly about their wife - even call her 'the enemy' or similar then they expose their penis on the bus coming home maggoted from the private box at the football stadium.

Next day it's laughed about as great hijinx. That's why they don't like women around. Cramps their 'style'.

The Journo is right about one thing probably. 'No. You're fucking morons when you are drunk' accounted for my career there.

Not playing the bonding game only harms your career in cultures that are toxic to begin with. She's better off out of them.

[Banditbandit]

You're all missing the point here completely. What's the woman doing out of the kitchen in the first place?

Make this fella some eggs ya reckon ??

[Banditbandit]

Not playing the bonding game only harms your career in cultures that are toxic to begin with. She's better off out of them.

Yes .. I wouldn't buy into their toxic corporate environment either ... career? What career??

Better off without it ... happier and more fulfiled (and more time to ride)

[ducatilover]

We torture ourselves with wishing we could be outside doing something else...

I'm having a cuppa and ciggie in my garage, looking out the door at the nice countryside in the sun. It's horrible
I can turn around and admire all the polishing work I'm doing too... and my two bikes.

[Banditbandit]

I'm having a cuppa and ciggie in my garage, looking out the door at the nice countryside in the sun. It's horrible
I can turn around and admire all the polishing work I'm doing too... and my two bikes.

Yeah yeah ... rub it in why don't ya ... but it can be a very broke lifestyle too .. so polishing the bike becomes the only thng you can afford to do to it ..