Female Bosses

Hello all. Happy Holidays. I want to ask anyone on here are self employed? How did you create your business and start? I’m seriously wanting to do for my family more and not do for a corporation like… more

I freeze when I need to have a conversation with a senior leader. My mind goes blank and I wonder what to talk to them about. I am better with small talk with people at my level or below. Has anyone … more

If a job has 10 competencies listed - how many do you have before you apply?

I hired into a company because of a changeover to another company ( been at the same place for 13 years), as a supervisor I fought to get my crew more money due to the work environment and they all go… more

I have 12 years of accounting experience. I work from home. I currently get paid at $115k. I worked at the Big 4 - tax and audit. I’m a Military Spouse so I feel like my moving around has hurt me a li… more

How do you discern a former colleague/friend’s intentions for trying to re/connect with you? How do you differentiate someone networking with you vs trying to use/mooch off of you & use you withou… more

My staff gets paid $11.25 an hour our corporate office REFUSES to give them a raise. We’re a gym located in the Las Vegas airport. It is expensive and hard to get to. These kids don’t get paid enough … more

Smelly employee. In our department we have a lady who has a strong smell daily. So bad it makes you gag and that is NO exaggeration. I had three individual complaints from staff yesterday.

I spoke to HR who told me that hygiene i… more

Anyone using Zoom Intent? Would love your thoughts on it

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As an interviewee, at which points during an interview process should I write the interviewer a thank you note? Is to every person I talk to in the process? (Even the screener recruiter) How long afte… more

I’m having some performance issues on my team. Specifically, someone at the manager level lacks a sense of urgency in getting work done. I’ve laid out expectations for getting things done (I.e. respon… more

I have just been shortlisted for a Head of Marketing role. I’ve never held a similar position before but I know my work well, have reported to the C-suite before and been an entrepreneur myself. But t… more

How do you start your own business? I am a architectural designer, feel confident enough to get my own clients and have my own firm. I am active on linkedin(post, comment,…) but they’re all people in … more

How to behave when a male same-level colleague candidates for the same program you did, then when his application doesn't move forward/is not accepted, he starts pointing fingers, delegitimizing m… more

What’s the most elegant, but functional phone holder/ stand /and maybe even charger you have? All the most functional are pretty ugly. I see Courant- any competitor products?

I want to send gifts to my team in Sydney, Singapore, Austria and Germany. This will be out of my own pocket. Any recommendations on what I can send them? Thanks

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Hi everyone! I need a new job. My company cut a bunch of us off. Does anyone know who is hiring asap?

My office is experiencing some leadership changes and going from a male director to a female director. Everyone seems to be targeting her at the request of the only other male in our office because he… more

Any ESFJ personalities out there happy with their career? What do you do (industry/role)?

Have you ever felt clueless in your career? How did you deal with it? I am feeling restless by every passing day about my career, current job … Will anyone be able to help me by being my mentor? Thank… more

Had my year-end dialogue yesterday. Lowest grade I've had ever since I joined the company. Already expected it since I had troubles with the two new roles I accepted this year. I poured in a lot o… more

Is anyone hiring for a quick turn around? Looking for some references for director level roles in the PMO. I have 20 years of experience in the industry… would really appreciate any help (been laid of… more

How do you rediscover your passion/ambition? I quit my job a month ago due to burnout and I have been struggling to take proactive steps to rediscover meaning and ambition in my career. I don’t know w… more

How do you deal with being in a new job and you can sense some people might be jealous of you? It makes me feel weird and I’m not sure what to do. I know I should t dim my light but I feel like I do b… more

Would you go to your company’s holiday party if SOs weren’t allowed to join?

A Director role is opening up on my team pretty soon (I’m a Manager, so one level difference). I’m a very high performer. I plan on applying for the open role and have expressed interest to the incumbent and the … more

Ladies, have any of you successfully pivoted out of a specialized/pigeonholed role? Any advice?

For those of us in corporate leadership roles, are we all in back-to-back meetings all day, most days? I usually have 10-15 meetings per day (plus tons of actual work) and feel like my brain and soul … more

How did you all build your dream lives? 23 years old and needing stories to keep me going.

Which company does everyone use for their point of sale terminals? We are considering switching our current provider.

Newly pregnant. What’s the common timeframe to let my team know and let my supervisor know? My first appt is around 9weeks.

I’m never satisfied with my gifts for my team around the holidays. What’s a good $50-75 gift I can get my Direct reports - a group of men and women, VPs and Exec Directors, many are NYC based, with va… more

Why do some bosses refuse to answer a specific question? If a boss tells an employee to schedule a regular meeting, and the employee asks whether the boss wants a weekly or biweekly meeting, wouldn’t … more