Make a stand against this culture or make it clear you will resign, says Sharmadean Reid
Everyone at my law firm works late into the evening. I have a young child and can’t do that, but my (mostly male) team don’t seem to respect me. What do I do?
I’m a big believer in a work/life balance, spending time with your family and Parkinson’s law: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” If work expands to fill the time allotted to it, make less time available to get more work done quicker.
There is little to gain by working late. It’s usually counterproductive; your efficiency dips and the quality of work drops. The only thing you gain is respect within a dated company culture. Mary Portas’ new book, Work Like A Woman, asks why we are trying to fit into workplace cultures created by and for men who traditionally have made little or no contribution in the home.
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