'GET BACK TO THE KITCHEN' - women in the workplace
Having completed the first 2 years of our degrees, the majority of students in the same year as me will either have started, or be soon to start their placement years in industry. Whilst I've been working a 9-5 job on campus all summer until I start my placement in October, my housemates and friends have already started their placements. It's a strange transition from campus to the world of work. Office dynamics are weird, corporate habits take hold and suddenly you find yourself knee deep in excel spreadsheets and responsibility. I was on the phone to my friend the other day, and she was telling me about her experience of placement so far, and we got talking about what it's like to be a woman in the workplace. In the news just this week, was a headline that suggested 50% of females have experienced sexual harassment in their jobs at least once. And I'm sorry to say that this didn't surprise me at all. However it does bring up the very real issue of gend