How Attendance-Based Bonuses Discriminate Against Women, Non-Binary and Disabled People
‘Black Amongst White, Black Amongst Everyone Else’: The Disconnect Between My Workplace Expectations and Experiences as a Black Woman
As I became acquainted with people who were fully immersed in the working world, I was given an abundance of advice, some encouraging, others full of warnings. I was told that I would ‘hardly see black people at work, let alone black women.’ I was advised to be careful of white women who often ‘preyed’ on younger black people. I was warned that racism in the workplace wasn’t always just white-on-black, but I could fall victim to racism from other ethnic-minority groups…
‘What’s Next?’: Graduate Prospects and Prioritising Myself Post-Degree
Post-graduation, I’m working in a bar. For how long, I don’t know. I have time to go to the gym every day (which I had to stop doing around easter because the workload got too much). I’ve finished more books in the last month than I have since March. I’m writing for me, not for my degree. I’ve even taken up baking again. While all these things may seem quite trivial and meaningless, I’ve found that my quality of life has improved in spite of my mental health struggles…
‘Less Jobs and an Excess of Applications’: My Experience of the Graduate Job Search Process Post-Pandemic
Picture this: you are a Gen Z who was encouraged to attend university because it would open up career options, but when it came to applying for jobs you’re told that you haven’t got the experience they’re looking for. Sound familiar? I feel as though this surpasses irony and just goes straight to fucking annoying...