Discrimination and networks

In the last couple of days I've done one of my last PP interviews, and had a lively discussion with members of the NHS Employers Forum.  Both brought up the question of the effects of networks on people's career prospects, and how difficult it is to draw the line between networks which are part of 'normal' working lives, and those which serve to exclude women. My interviewee, Olivia, is 30ish and works for a global branding agency.  She told me how in her first years there a middle-aged manager had put together a group of younger male colleagues, who went whisky-drinking together.  Olivia saw this as a rather desperate attempt…
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