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- The New York Times reports on Chinese Olympic swimmer Fu Yuanhi, who said in a recent interview that she had her period while she was competing, bringing up a usually taboo topic for women athletes, and one that's talked about very little in China.
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teflon
Wow, the JNY lookbook is so sleek! I’m happy they are back!
Faye
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-letter-managers-women-jason-shen
Dear manager,
We need to talk about her. You probably know who. That analyst, designer, writer, engineer who has been at the organization for just a year or two and is already doing the work of someone several levels above her current pay band. Or maybe she’s not even on your radar, because she’s the dependable one who always delivers on-time and under budget, without any drama.
Despite this woman’s outstanding contributions, you haven’t promoted her or given her a raise. It’s not fair and you know it.
CountC
Sadly, not always that simple. My boss and my boss’s boss have been fighting to get me a raise FOR A YEAR. Upper management is blocking it because they made a business decision to invest in an industry/acquire a bunch of companies that are currently hemorrhaging money. Never mind that I have gotten a great number of agreements done this year, which have allowed millions of dollars of purchases to come through at low risk to the company. RAWR.
My point here is that I am not supposed to know my manager has been fighting for me for a year, so there are indeed male managers out there who are fighting for their excellent female employees too.