Female Bosses

One of my employees is driving me crazy. I’m struggling to make the cut between work and home life. (I work from home) any tips?

I’m working out, I’m doing activities with my kids, but yet, when thing… more

Does anyone use the elf halo glow as foundation and bronzer?! I have shade 2 as my base but want to get another color for bronzer and trying to decide what would be a good match. I use the regular hoo… more

Hats off to all strong women who are struggling with infertility treatments and are actively present to make a change in tech industry.

I'm not sure how to word this, but... I'm 18 and became a manager at my job about 3 months ago. I was supposed to get 6 weeks of trainingp, but instead, I didn't get any. I now know most o… more

How to deal with a manager who lied about their background? The VP is fascinated with them and thinks they're the best invention since sliced bread. I recently started working on a project with th… more

My line manager keeps asking me to tell her what would I do if I was in hee shoes? Honestly, I feel this is an unfair question, and it is based on her own inecurities. I manage a team, and I am the on… more

How many if you all have a stay at home spouse? My SO mentioned tonight they want to be stay at home and I feel like it’s unfair and I’m not a fan. We don’t have kids currently and when we do I’d stil… more

I got some great, and puzzling l, advice yesterday from my boss, and need to figure out how to address it.

I’m 32 and work in a male dominated sales field and my peers are mostly men that are at least… more

Hello Ladies! I need some advice regarding salary negotiations for a role I am being recruited for as a fellow. The salary base is shy of $2k from my current salary… the bonus and relocation bonus pul… more

My sister lives in CT but works in NY. Her employer is not taking out SDI or NY PFL taxes from her check.... she is also not taking out CT taxes.

Is this legal? How does she go about confirming, who… more

Does anyone work at BCG? Would love some advice on how you stepped foot in the door without prior consulting firm experience

Anyone have experience using Pathrise to land a job? I'm at the end of the rope looking for jobs, being almost a year now. At this point I'm just thinking of using their services. Does anyone … more

How does one coach an employee who is the “Negative Nancy” of the group? An employee, who is good at their job, always, always skews negative and worst case scenario any time the slightest hiccup happens.
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What are your best practices for negotiating a salary raise. I’m looking for a bump from 63k to 75. I have all of my stats and supporting documentation but I need help with structure and how to go abo… more

Is anyone in HR? I was curious after reading a different post on fishbowl, when filling out a job application, should one be hesitant to disclose that they have clinical depression and/or anxiety in t… more

I’m a S2 and a junior of mine (S1) has been badmouthing me to the entire team including some SMs for a while now. So far others are stood up for me (I think) but I’m going up for manager promotion nex… more

How do you actually move from a lead/assistant manager to a manager/director role? Better yet, how do you effective skip a level to manage people leaders?

I’m really struggling with the program I’m developing. I’m not passionate about it and I know the job is unpleasant (think, call center) for my employees. I have an internal struggle with getting exci… more

Any advice on how to build confidence and assertiveness?

Any recommendations for a great company and team to apply to? Currently unhappy in my current male dominated role and looking to switch. I have some ptsd as my previous roles haven’t had the best team… more

I’m about to start a new job. The hiring manager has reached out a few times to check-in which I appreciate and think it’s a good sign. I’ve addressed a couple questions already but what would you mak… more

The “joke” I’ve been here X number of years or I have X number of years experience but I started when I was 5. Is NOT funny. For the love of god please stop. Rant over. Thanks 😅

Does anyone else work in the same business as there partner?? And how have you felt with your partner being perform managed out. I'm torn between my career and being a supportive partner.

I’m a team lead and struggling. I’ve been completely slammed with my own work and allll the meetings that go into stakeholder alignment and being part of various initiatives lately that I feel like I … more

I would love to learn how to gain confidence and transmit it when speaking at work. I have always been a confident person, but I find that often as a woman I have less credibility. Any advise?

Hi All, I am looking to level up my skills by applying for a six sigma institute, instead of going for my MBA or MHA. Can anyone recommend any Six Sigma Programs?

I recently hired a Coordinator who is having a lot of trouble managing their workload. I've given them explicit feedback multiple times that they need to work on all of their activities so we can … more

I applied for a company SIHO and received my offer letter and the next day was told they were retracting my offer and didn’t think it would be a good fit without explanation and me giving my notice to… more

Asking here because only fellow women would understand. For those that have PMDD, how do you manage on your worst days? Most of the time I can manage it, but sometimes the depression and anxiety is so… more

I asked someone higher in the company to be my mentor. The last two times, I came with an agenda. Yet, the topic quickly swerves towards my perception of a co-worker, another mentee.

Before I go looking for another me… more

I am asking every successful woman this. I have been stuck as a technician/technologist for 15 years 🤯. I just interviewed for a pseudo management role and was turned down. My resume includes two yea… more

No tells you that your hormones will go completely wack in your 20s and you just put on weight in weird places. I have steadily gained a few pounds despite an overall healthy lifestyle and diet / no c… more

Is anyone around 60 years old looking for a job after being laid off and finding it really hard to get interviews or land a job?

I'm coming to the conclusion that I have a direct report who is seriously overpaid. What do I do? Have a chat? Fire them?

Details: I make $200k to oversee a large data analytics team. My two team l… more

I started an investment business with a friend and our dissolution agreement was we will buy each other out of our individual investments if we can't go any further.
Unfortunately, we fell out and she wi… more