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Were they afraid we were planning a coup d'etat?
I spent my first summer during Columbia Law School at a firm in Philadelphia described as one of the best places in the city for black lawyers. I believed that if there was any place where I would have an equal chance at opportunities, be treated fairly and succeed, this would be it. There were three black female summer associates out of sixty that year but any time all three of us were in an office talking, one of the partners would knock on the door to see how we were doing. It happened too often to be a coincidence that sometimes we would purposely agree to meet in so-and-so's office to test our theory that we were being monitored. Like clock work, ten minutes after we would get together a partner would stop by.
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I left a corporate job to take a part-time job that's only guaranteed for 2 years. I've been downsized 3 times and this time I was fed up by being reorganized to a dead end, totally unsatisfactory position - and got tired of hearing "but in a year it could change.
I would have stayed if I were able to move to the training group and develop sessions and work with new customers.
Have self-preservation in the job market. Be flexible, find your strengths and work on them. Always keep learning, e.
I felt dissatisfied with my company management in Shanghai because my direct boss was the director's wife, and had little background in the area.
I would have stayed if I had had more decision-making power in the program I was developing and working in, and moved to company housing.
Work hard and be on good terms with the director and his wife.
I was in a meeting where 8 or 9 people were arguing for over 15 minutes about what color the stripe on a the bag of marshmallows should be.
If there were more opportunities to work on more socially relevant issues concerning the products we sold and the way in which they were marketed.
