Expression : 1° glass ceiling – wage gap (30%) – equal opportunities

Introduction
- source : article du New York Times publié le 9 juillet 2011.
- thème : la difficulté des femmes à s'imposer auprès de leur hiérarchie.
- crainte de paraître agressive ou égoïste.
- timidité et inefficacité dans la démarche.
- peur d'être rétrogradée et de voir son salaire diminué (demande d'aménagement de
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temps de travail).
- difficultés de communication spécifiques liées aux usages.
- apprendre à formuler habilement ses demandes, en faisant preuve d'empathie,
qualité spécifiquement féminine.
- argumenter sa demande.
Les solutions - montrer que certains changements (ex : horaires flexibles) ne poseront aucun
problème à l'entreprise ou aux clients.
- oser aborder sa hiérarchie, exprimer ses besoins pour développer une bonne relation
et gagner en efficacité.
- se faire accepter par ses collaborateurs par le biais de rencontres informelles.
Expression :
1° glass ceiling – wage gap (30%) – equal opportunities – to climb up the corporate ladder – to
be stuck - to be undervalued – top jobs – the bottom of the ladder – unfair – girls / women better
educated – to take greater responsibility at home – to request to work flexibly – to be passed for
promotion
Studies often show that women today still tend to be left behind in the corporate world. The
glass ceiling is still a reality: it is often men who are in the top jobs whereas women are stuck at
the bottom of the ladder with significant repercussions on the pay check. Women CEO are still
few and far between.
One reason might be that women still take greater responsibility at home when compared to
their husbands or male partners and therefore ask more often to work part-time and tend to be
passed for promotion as a result.
This is very unfair, all the more as women today are often better educated than their male
counterparts.
It is high time equal opportunities became a reality and the gap between men and women closed
rapidly.
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2° doesn’t matter – to get on well with people – skills and personality – skilled – to lead the
company to success – to make the jobs secure – to generate a good atmosphere.
You do not usually choose your colleagues and have to adapt to your working environment.
However working with men or women should not be a problem. The most important thing is to
get on well with your colleagues in order to make up a good team and work efficiently.
The same applies to the company manager; whether the boss is a man or a woman doesn’t
matter so long as he/she is a nice understanding person with the right skills to lead the company
to success, generate a good atmosphere, make profits and make the jobs secure.
Gender is absolutely not what counts in the business world.
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