Story 48

I have multiple stories (strip clubs, drugs being brought to team dinners etc), but the one that sticks out was when aged 22, 2 weeks after being offered a job on a trading floor desk I was asked by my hiring manager on a night out to a club to ‘entertain clients.’ I woke up…

I have shared a story—one of many I could share, and honestly, would love to. But here I am, exhausted. I want to leave my peers here with a quote I just stumbled across after a very long, draining day. But before I do—icing on the cake? I missed my entire evening with my family…

I’ve spent 30 years in the brokerage business; big fan of Sarah Butcher’s column. I’ve got three daughters. Change is overdue. I don’t think the younger generation is going to tolerate the double standards women face in this business, and frankly they shouldn’t have to. Those standards limit good people and hurt the industry as…

An MD in the former USPB Risk group started quietly reassigning a Director’s workload onto one of his peers. No explanation was given — none is deemed required. By routing a Director’s responsibilities through another, she could create the appearance that he was supervising and elevating a peer. A paper trail for a promotion, built…

As a 67yo woman who is relatively famous in our industry for being unconventional, this is a hard road to hoe. What’s different is that you don’t have to row it like I did: social media virality + first amendment protections make a lot of things possible that I’m not sure were options in my…

Many women who don’t speak up won’t rock the boat because we are breadwinners and in fear of losing our jobs. Our families depend on us for literal housing and food and yet nobody feels sorry for a single black mom (whose partner has left) quite like they do for a widowed white man (whose…