Discrimination?

[John Galt]

Woman seeks £1.3 million compensation

These cases are getting out of hand - why does it never occur to any of these women that maybe they are not being discriminated against but their work rate/performance did actually deteriorate?

[threaded]

Or she wore purple to the office!

[gingerjedi]

Or she wore purple to the office!

Nah, she's wearing a crucifix... that’ll be the real reason

And she's hardly going to get an easy ride working for the BNP with a name like that

[XTC]

Woman seeks £1.3 million compensation

These cases are getting out of hand - why does it never occur to any of these women that maybe they are not being discriminated against but their work rate/performance did actually deteriorate?

See your point, however banks are notorious for discrimantory behaviour, sexism and having a boys club mentality. But saying that I think if you're going to work in that environment then you really need to be able to turn the other cheek or have the strength of character to ignore that kind of kerap. I mean being asked to clean the dishes.. she could have easily turned that around and made a joke about it or maybe belittled the joker. I've worked with over-sensitive people before, mostly women and it's a pain in the @rse having to constantly watch what you do or say in case they are offended.

[threaded]

Nah, she's wearing a crucifix... that’ll be the real reason

And she's hardly going to get an easy ride working for the BNP with a name like that

Could be, she's really wearing a purple top! Deep purple, but purple all the same!

[Troll]

Don't employ women of child bearing age ...problem sorted

[John Galt]

Could someone order some rubber wallpaper for Threaded

[VectraMan]

So she didn't get as big a bonus in the year she took 6 months off, and when she did return, everything wasn't the same as she left it.

It's appalling what employers get away with. Disgraceful.

[premiere]

Course, she could be in for a right old payout if she can prove anything that she was asked to do was a 'veiled' threat!

[snaw]

Why is the immediate assumption that the woman, whichever one it happens to be, is always the one falsly claiming and that the banks are innocent?

My wife is ex IB, she had to work twice as hard as the guys and put up with this sort of crap for years and not get the same opportunities she'd have got if she'd been male, to the point she left it entirely (Best move she ever made, and one many women opt to do).

I've worked in trading environments most of my career and seen them first hand, and I can honestly say they're still some of the most sexist & bigoted work environments you'll come across in this country.

What kind of argument is it to say that you should be strong enough to put up with this kind of behaviour. Why? Is it some undefinable reflection on someones ability to do their job if they don't like being ridiculed at work. Am I missing something here?