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Well, for starters I would like to say that going in no one in the new age is going to look at HR like they are at all there to assist them In anything. It’s the nature of the job to protect the company at all costs. I would say though, if you have an open door policy, at leasttttt do an investigation so the employees don’t end up hating you and the company. Whether or not you fire is your discretion. But employees hate when something crazy is going on and HR doesn’t even try to act like they care.
If you have a strong female work environment resources for moms is super important. I mean, dogs get more time legally with their pups than we do. Maybe implementing mandatory work from home once a month or something. That’ll mean a lot.
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Agree with above and really work on the benefits and equal pay piece.
When the company I work at started a women’s group I asked how they are ensuring women are getting promoted to leadership, do we have equal pay? Are we working towards having the best maternity leave policy we can? Etc. hard hitting but necessary items, they told me “it’s complicated” and can’t help. Now the women’s group is just a glorified feel good slack channel and they do virtual yoga and plant classes. Like cool and all but I don’t need another virtual class and I don’t need a virtual feel good women’s network that’s not going to help with my real world women problems.
I want to know I’m working for a company that REALLY empowers women— and that’s in our paychecks and benefits and I would have expected a women’s network to be the advocates for this. I lost a lot of respect for the group after they said they aren’t involving themselves in those matters.
I’m convinced that any program designed to improve life for women in the workplace shouldn’t be targeted at women at all. It should be targeted at men. Men need to do the work to be better colleagues, mentors, managers, advocates. I don’t need another task, class, chat channel or group. Most of these things just tell me how to best navigate/conform to standards and behaviors set by men instead of addressing the root causes.
I know you are supposed to do a women in leadership program, so this comment may not be helpful. But honestly, when I see these things or am invited to them, I don’t attend. I would 100% attend a session if it was showcasing teams/managers (of any gender) who have grown diverse teams, fought for pay equity on their individual teams, and cultivated a culture of happiness and inclusivity. How did THEY navigate/work a system that is historically stacked against women and POC to carve out successful paths for their people?