I will be doing my research paper on women’s inequality in Corporate America. My goal in doing this research is to better prepare myself for my future positions with hopes of getting into Management. I want to have a better understanding of what the inequalities are and how they would affect me and other women in today’s work force. Women’s inequality issues are extremely important because, according to The United States Department of Labors website in 2010, 47% of the workforce are women. That means that nearly 50% of the workforce are not being treated equally or getting compensated fairly.
Women’s rights and equality have improved over the many years, there are still issues with equal pay and equal respect in the work force and in general …show more content…
With the current President Election with a woman running for the Presidency this term was thrown around often and brought light to this topic. In 2014 the Feminist Majority Foundation reported that the “Old-Boy Network” is still very strong and that corporate leaders that are men have a tendency to choose and promote men to the top that are as much like themselves as possible. There is also sexual discrimination towards female executive that are being excluded from “certain kinds of meeting” because they are not viewed as policy makers. When the female executives are being left out of meetings and not being considered policy makers is an issue because now the entire corporation is not being taken into consideration when these policies are being …show more content…
Some issues that I have experienced in the current day is that out of 24 sales representatives I am the only female holding the same position. Also, last year I approached my VP of Sales to be entered into the companies Leadership Program and he agreed and told me that he “wanted me in the next scheduled training” and to get in touch with my General Manager to get this schedule. A year later I still have not been but there have been 2 male employees that have attended in that same time period. I also am at 100% sales growth from last year in the first 6 months of this fiscal year and I am being told that it is “not enough” and I have never been handed any new accounts to work with but several male sales representatives have been given many different opportunities and have not had the success that I have
Women’s rights and equality have improved over the many years, there are still issues with equal pay and equal respect in the work force and in general …show more content…
With the current President Election with a woman running for the Presidency this term was thrown around often and brought light to this topic. In 2014 the Feminist Majority Foundation reported that the “Old-Boy Network” is still very strong and that corporate leaders that are men have a tendency to choose and promote men to the top that are as much like themselves as possible. There is also sexual discrimination towards female executive that are being excluded from “certain kinds of meeting” because they are not viewed as policy makers. When the female executives are being left out of meetings and not being considered policy makers is an issue because now the entire corporation is not being taken into consideration when these policies are being …show more content…
Some issues that I have experienced in the current day is that out of 24 sales representatives I am the only female holding the same position. Also, last year I approached my VP of Sales to be entered into the companies Leadership Program and he agreed and told me that he “wanted me in the next scheduled training” and to get in touch with my General Manager to get this schedule. A year later I still have not been but there have been 2 male employees that have attended in that same time period. I also am at 100% sales growth from last year in the first 6 months of this fiscal year and I am being told that it is “not enough” and I have never been handed any new accounts to work with but several male sales representatives have been given many different opportunities and have not had the success that I have