Jason Soon at Catallaxy has a post about open plan offices that I violently disagree with – basically saying how useless open plan offices are, and how teleworking will get everything done anyway. I’m a big fan of open plan offices, to the point that I have just asked forContinue Reading
I’m in a new role which (in my small industry) means I’m running across a whole lot of people that I last saw 5-10 years ago. I’m constantly having to remind myself that just because they weren’t particularly helpful/good/on top of things (insert negative adjective here) doesn’t mean that theyContinue Reading
There has been a frenzy of comment in the US blogs I read about a recent article arguing that “Half the wealthiest, most-privileged, best-educated females in the country stay home with their babies rather than work in the market economy” Further research by US demographers (as opposed to anecdotally interviewingContinue Reading
I had a farewell discussion with someone at work today. He’s fifteen years older than me, a really nice guy, and I’ve worked hard to get him to take me seriously as a fellow professional, not a nice little girlie who is doing pretty well given her age and sex.Continue Reading
Philip Gomes has a post in Lavartus Prodeo a couple of days ago about Michael Duffy’s dummy spit about Sydney cyclists. Read his post, and the comments – a depressingly familiar tale of bike riders being blamed for riding in the only ways that are left to them by theContinue Reading
Both Susoz and Elsewhere commented on my previous part-time post that they didn’t understand my comment about administrative burden – that having someone working less than full time did create an administrative burden for the management/company. Their surprise did make me wonder whether I’m too much on the side ofContinue Reading
I had lunch with two (male) clients today. One (P) has worked four days a week for some time; the other (D) has just asked his manager whether he can also. Both pretty much for family reasons – they want to spend more time with their kids. In both cases,Continue Reading
The world gymnastics championships are on this week in Melbourne. I did gymnastics all through high school, and I have really mixed feelings about the sport. I was OK at it, not elite, but moderately serious (six hours of training a week), and for me it was a great sport.Continue Reading
I had a meeting with a new client this afternoon. On the way up, I had been getting the briefing from my colleague about who the people were, X who the meeting is with, and Y and Z who might come, depending on what X decides (all male names). SoContinue Reading
In search of an idea for a post, I went looking on the ABS website for statistics about women and work. I got sidetracked into this fascinating summary of lots of different research they’ve done into work, families and childcare. I was particularly struck by a graph that shows theContinue Reading
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