Corporate Leavers - The Cost of Employee Turnover Due to Unfairness
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Were They Afraid We Were Planning a Coup D'etat?
I spent my first summer during Columbia Law School at a firm in Philadelphia described as one of the best places in the city for black lawyers. I believed that if there was any place where I would have an equal chance at opportunities, be treated fairly and succeed, this would be it. There were three black female summer associates out of sixty that year but any time all three of us were in an office talking, one of the partners would knock on the door to see how we were doing.
Sarah Williams's Experience
Sarah Williams shares 3 experiences
Sarah, a former corporate executive in the wireless telecommunications industry, co-founded a venture capitalist firm which invests in women entrepreneurs. Although her experience in corporate America was largely positive, as an African American she felt as though her career trajectory was slower than that of her white colleagues.It was my experience of having a kind of slower career trajectory than my colleagues. Even the opportunities I received were slower in some sense than some of my colleagues.
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My advice to corporations on how to retain someone like me is to move them around and give them more responsibility and a broader sense of rewards.
My advice to other employees is to do really good work, to develop visibility in the company so people see your work, to build a strong network of allies, to get as much experience as possible and to build operating experience.