Women in the workplace - 6 Minute English

No more 'coffee girl'! Many women are tired of being given unimportant tasks as they see their male colleagues go up the corporate career ladder. Hear about the women questioning the kinds of jobs expected from them. Sam and Neil talk about gender and the workplace and teach you related vocabulary along the way.

This week's question:
Who was the first woman to become British Prime Minister?
a) Theresa May
b) Nicola Sturgeon
c) Margaret Thatcher
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary
promotion
moving someone up into a higher, more important or better paid position in a company or organisation

glass ceiling
an invisible barrier to advancing in your career

non-promotable tasks
unimportant and time-consuming jobs which helps a worker’s organisation but do nothing to advance their career

burn-out
exhaustion caused by working too hard

multitasking
doing more than one thing at the same time

juggling
trying to manage your job or life when you are involved in several different activities which all demand your time

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VOCABULARY IN THIS VIDEO

1. Promoted: to help something to develop or increase (promote is usually passive in this meaning)
2. Career/corporate ladder: a series of levels which someone moves up and down within an organization, profession, or society
3. Invisible: something that is invisible cannot be seen >< visible
→ virtually/practically/almost etc invisible
4. Dominated: to control someone or something or to have more importance than other people or things
5. Disproportionately: too much or too little in relation to something else
6. Negotiation with/between: official discussions between the representatives of opposing groups who are trying to reach an agreement, especially in business or politics
7. Trainee: someone who is being trained for a job
→ trainee manager/solicitor/teacher etc
8. Solicitor: a type of lawyer in britain who gives legal advice, prepares the necessary documents when property is bought or sold, and defends people, especially in the lower courts of law → lawyer, advocate, barrister
9. Outstrips: to do something better than someone else or be more successful
10. Promotion: moving someone up into a higher, more important or better paid position in a company or organisation
11. Glass ceiling: an invisible barrier to advancing in your career
12. Non-promotable tasks: unimportant and time-consuming jobs which helps a worker’s organisation but do nothing to advance their career
13. Burn-out: exhaustion caused by working too hard
14. Multitasking: doing more than one thing at the same time
15. Juggling: trying to manage your job or life when you are involved in several different activities which all demand your time.

ALL THE BEST FOR YOU ^^
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[bbclearningenglish]

Extra content: Our class with tips on how to avoid sexist language might be of interest.

[mostafaal-ghurabi]

In the past two years i worked so hard that i only got lower back pain as a reward and my boss did not even think of promoting me for my efforts. Any way i like how women have broken the glass ceiling and promoted in their career to a botter positions since they are juggling between work and home tasks.

[lucianojanducci]

Thanks for sharing this useful content!!!

[azucenaborrajopalma]

Thanks a lot!!!!
I adore this report and vocabulary!!!

This channel is absolutely fantastic!!!

[LayloAbduraxmanova]

Yes. They are right. Women have huge impact on company. And women are able to do anything

[helenamynyngou]

I encourage women to perform their tasks diligently whether they are asked to take on top jobs or less important ones.

Gradually, if they set their heart on diligence, some of those women will see themselves moving up the career ladder and break the glass ceiling.

[antoniajuanicomulet]

Maybe you can't advance in some jobs but you always can still learning in free time. Sometimes, some too demanding jobs are not for all, but you can work in something you like, and still studying in free time, into another hobbies too.

[Grass-xk]

There are a lot more women in higher ranks and leading positions in Europe than in other places.

[beiicyu]

i'm using it to do shadowing excercises

[English_Galore]

Please explain 'fudge & fudgel'

[LyNguyen-iqcr]

What a spectacular video from you as always!!!Keep it up!Big fan from Vietnam

[Neo-Reloaded]

Please be aware of the phrasal verb 'take on'. It was used like 3 or 4 times in this episode.

[Neo-Reloaded]

Complete the Antonyms
glass ceiling - sticky floor
Promotion - demotion
Burn out - energetic
multitasking - single-tasking
juggling - ???

[Neo-Reloaded]

I believe women would be better bosses. Men are harsher, so most of the time they do not care about you. On the other hand, women have more sympathy and make you feel appreciated. I guess that's one way to increase the productivity of a company.

[BruceAlexYao]

Women also have their place in the workplace.

[A.yackub]

Beautiful
I hope you are all doin' great

[areej]

I think it's better to separate women offices from men offices

[БогданГурин-бк]

Great video, thank you . What a level of English does corresponded is it, about B1/B2?

[rickebuschcatherine]

Yes but in France, my experience is that the situation is not the fact of men.... but the fact of low graduate women or nurse or psychiatrist women or women teache event more than the fact of men !