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Deeper

I feel that the issues over taking Fridays off is a distraction from what is really much more important: how much employers value their employees. I am a firm believer that the most important asset of any business is the people it employs. If you invest in their needs, rather than see them simply as commodities, the business will reap it's rewards. I would much prefer an employee who is happy to come to work and feels valued (and not just in the financial sense) than one who works just to put food on the table.

PC

Glad it made you laugh.. Not the usual response to my forum jokes!

Training going well so far, should be ready just in time to compete in the 100m sack race.

Shakeitallabout

Stayin

Drop

Oh crikey. That means I'm going to be old aged in less than 2 years time. Thanks, Acid.

White?

Well, not all women are good managers, just as some men aren't. I still believe though that if we had more women in senior positions we would see less discrimination in the workplace.

Doc

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Dam

Fireworks. (oops, cross posted!)

Tiger

Cosy

I take your point WoD, though these attitudes may be down to other influences exerted upon them as they worked hard to achieve individual career success in a male dominated environment. And whichever gender a boss might be, they may still feel a sense of loyalty to the system that put them there, even though that system may be flawed.

Keep

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Grow

Well done LB for managing that situation you describe so well. That is exactly what I meant by managers managing the issue and not discriminating. It's also a good point you made that men are quick to see the disadvantages of employees becoming pregnant. If there are more women in managerial roles I'm sure we would see such discrimination is drastically reduced.

Fertilize

Sorry, but what is happening to you siduhe is just not acceptable. It is clear discrimination. It's a fact of life that women have babies whether through 'life choice' or not. Employers can't have it both ways - if they want to employ the best people and they happen to be women, then they have to accept that there is a chance that the women may need to take time off to have babies. Managers have to manage the situation, which doesn't mean discriminating against the female employee.