How Attendance-Based Bonuses Discriminate Against Women, Non-Binary and Disabled People

A Journey Toward Financial Literacy: Navigating the Awkwardness of Asking for a Raise
Career & Money Megan Willis Career & Money Megan Willis

A Journey Toward Financial Literacy: Navigating the Awkwardness of Asking for a Raise

If you feel like you deserve more it is probably because you do, so let the people you’re working for know it. And if you want the dream job but don’t think you’re qualified, apply anyway. If they decline, you ask them why and what you can do to be a candidate worth considering in the future. Step out of your comfort zone and be annoying. It works.

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How Neurodivergent Women Can Conquer the Corporate World: A Guide to Navigating the Workplace
Career & Money Megan Willis Career & Money Megan Willis

How Neurodivergent Women Can Conquer the Corporate World: A Guide to Navigating the Workplace

Whether it’s autism, ADHD, dyslexia or another neurological condition with overlapping symptoms, discover new options to ascend in the corporate world while managing distracting symptoms. From self-help books to mobile apps to non-profit organisations, explore tools that accommodate neurodivergent ways of thinking. Uncover tried and true picks certified by a fellow neurodivergent woman…

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A Journey Toward Financial Literacy: Budgeting and Spending
Career & Money Megan Willis Career & Money Megan Willis

A Journey Toward Financial Literacy: Budgeting and Spending

I have gone from eating pasta and ketchup to being able to afford nights out on a below-minimum-wage paycheck; then from reducing nights out in favour of nice clothes and fancier drinks to now making more money and spending less. Truly horrifying thoughts like ‘What if I want to buy property one day?’ have started to push their way into my head. Is this a realistic goal for someone with no real savings, on an income of less than £25,000 a year?

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Black Woman in Tech: A Heroica & Cloudflare Event Celebrating Black Women
Career & Money Megan Willis Career & Money Megan Willis

Black Woman in Tech: A Heroica & Cloudflare Event Celebrating Black Women

‘More diverse teams are a better place to work and drive better business results,’ explained Michelle Zatlyn, President and COO of Cloudflare, during her welcome keynote for Cloudflare’s Black Woman In Tech event. The panel, hosted by Cloudflare on the 5th of October in their London office, was held to celebrate, encourage and support black women in their pursuit of successful and fulfilling careers in tech.

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‘Black Amongst White, Black Amongst Everyone Else’: The Disconnect Between My Workplace Expectations and Experiences as a Black Woman
Career & Money Megan Willis Career & Money Megan Willis

‘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…

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How Attendance-Based Bonuses Discriminate Against Women, Non-Binary and Disabled People
Career & Money Megan Willis Career & Money Megan Willis

How Attendance-Based Bonuses Discriminate Against Women, Non-Binary and Disabled People

Recently, my workplace rewarded all their staff with 100% attendance over the last academic term with an Amazon gift card. I did not receive one because I had taken one day off to go to the hospital. One day. For a procedure that couldn’t be delayed. This entirely necessary, urgent hospital trip cost me my ‘perfect’ attendance and my chance of receiving a bonus…

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Misogyny, Ageism or Downright Ignorance? Working as a Young Female in Retail
Career & Money Megan Willis Career & Money Megan Willis

Misogyny, Ageism or Downright Ignorance? Working as a Young Female in Retail

I’ve been working in retail for almost two years now, and honestly, before you join the industry, you don’t really realise how bad it actually is. As a 16-year-old desperately searching for a job so she could learn how to fund her own life, I was happy to take on anything. Of course, I knew from the typical retail stories that I’d have at least a few iffy customers, but little did I know that it would hurt my pride and confidence so much…

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