Women in Finance

Since today is Giving Tuesday in the USA, what kinds of Volunteering or financial donations are you looking for in the new year?

In my area, they have United Way, book sorting for elementary school kids, library … more

When did you tell your boss you’re expecting? I want to wait until I’m at least 3 months, but my job is very travel heavy which is proving difficult with symptoms I’m having… any advice? I’m also worr… more

Anyone know how much the pension funds/institutional investors in London pay infra Associates (base and bonus) for candidates with 8 years of experience?

How do you not start to feel shame when you never hear back from first round interviews? It kills my confidence so badly that I start to think everything I say is wrong and stupid

Folks who are in the first 10 years of their career

What questions would you ask someone who has been in the workforce longer than 10 years?

Folks who have been in your career for more than 10 years. What kind of great tips of wisdom would you have for someone who is in their first 10 years of their career?

Has anyone dealt with sexual harassment at work? What was your experience like reporting it? I have found myself dealing with it in the workplace and it has made my work life so miserable. The person … more

Just a reminder for folks in America - you’ll need to get the turkey out of the freezer on Sunday if you want it for next week.

Friend of a friend mentioned that their company is going to”password-less”. So they are using facial recognition for a lot of the security.

What are your thoughts on doing facial recognition?

My company has use it or loose it time off as part of my pay package. But in order for me to do that, I’ll have to take off most of December.

I’m not sure if I’m thrilled or not sure what to do with that much time off. more

When you get a teams or slack message. Do you read it and it sounds like your voice or does it sound like the person who sent the message?

For the ladies that don’t have kids, would it bother you if your husband spent every Saturday golfing and then staying out with his friends that night til like 10pm? Mine is literally gone every Satur… more

What is something in your current role that you wish you could get advice for? I know not all of us have a mentor - so, what can the rest of us help you with?

Hey ladies, I was lucky enough to get Rouge status with Sephora last year, happy to share my Rouge code for anyone wanting to get 20% off during their VIB sale! Will respond to whoever is first to com… more

What is a win or a positive thing from this week that made it worth making it through the week?

Anyone super impacted by the AWS outage?

Hi Fishbowl community 💫

I’m working on a financial wellness tool built for Gen Z women in the workplace — blending money education and confidence-building.
Looking to connect with HR / People Ops / DEI leade… more

Wow.. super quiet in the bowl. I know this week was a super busy week for me. Now I just want hibernate.

Are things speeding up on your side or winding down in prep for the retail holiday season?

On Friday I bought in homemade cupcakes as a celebration for the team. Nobody ate them ahahah. I feel like that’s a bit mean right?! Not a single person!!

Does anyone have any experience with inappropriate behaviour in the work place? I feel like as women we experience this a lot more than men. What do you think?

What’s everyone’s favourite part about their job? Personally I’d say mine is the culture at my company. The office is such a kind and fun place to be, which I’ve never experienced before now!

I heard a woman say once that she doesn’t trust productivity books written by men since they often have a wife running the mental load for them in the background. Curious if anyone else agrees with th… more

Does your company hold an employee appreciation week? My department did for a few years until we had a lot of restructuring happen at the new year. I fully expected that to be the first thing to go, b… more

What’s the most interesting job you’ve had and why? Mine would be my first job just because I worked with payroll and knew what everyone got paid 😭

How would you feel if you just found out a coworker makes more than you? I didn’t expect it to bother me, but it did, more than I wanted to admit. It wasn’t anger exactly, more this quiet mix of self-… more

Does your workplace have any women’s events or holiday gatherings coming up? This time of year always seems to sneak up, and before you know it, everyone’s calendar is packed. My old team (all women!)… more

I’ve been enjoying my current company for the last two years. It has a great culture fit for me and I truly enjoy the work I do. Is it bad if I want to stay instead of job hopping? I feel like to some… more

I applied for a part time job a coffeeshop. Asked what the pay was first, didn't want to waste their time if it wasn't going to work. It didn't work so I emailed back cancelling my intervi… more

What’s the most surprisingly effective money habit you’ve ever picked up? For me, it was unsubscribing from every sale email and shopping app notification. I didn’t realize how often those “just brows… more

So, I work for a bookkeeping company, and recently I was in an onboarding meeting with a new client. We were talking through project tracking etc and they asked how to track personal spends through the busi… more

I’m starting to learn I enjoy small, last minute projects over larger long-deadline ones. I just find that I tend to procrastinate the long projects and then fail to the in my best work because I didn… more

Have you ever stayed in a job that didn’t pay the most, but you just felt good being there? I keep seeing friends jump ship from high-paying roles because the environment was toxic, while others stick… more

My teenaged brother got his first job, and I’d like to give him some starting financial tips. What do you think is most important for a teenager to understand about money?

Anyone prioritised career and money and got to their goals and unhappy?
I'm just like what next, l've hit a career plateau, healthy work life balance, good salary but feeling lonely. It's a… more

Have you ever been stuck in a client call that made you cringe? One time, a client made offhand negative comments about people from a certain country while a junior team member from that country was o… more

Do getting qualifications actually get you a better salary?
I’ve so far completed my level 3 AAT but not sure if it’s worth doing Level 4

Any tips on buying a house??
My boyfriend and I are looking to buy a house next year. We are thinking to do a renovation project (not a crazy big job) so that we can afford the monthly mortgage payments more… more

What’s everyone been up to this weekend?
I’ve had the most relaxing weekend ahead of a very very busy work week! It’s nice to sometimes switch off before chaos

What’s one small win you’ve had at work recently? We don’t celebrate those enough. I recently stood up for myself and had a toxic team member removed from my projects.

Today (with permission from my manager), I marked myself as offline on teams and set an out of office for my email today but still worked. It was an amazing opportunity to ignore any new requests and … more