Cassandra

Edinburgh Scotland

Civil Servant / Business Analyst

Government pay grades are open and some women do make it to the top, however there is a perception that a man needs or deserves a promotion and will be pushed forward more than the equivalent women will be. That said some guys get stuck in technical roles with few promotion routes.
If women take 6 months out to have a child this can cast a shadow over their prospects for decades, at 40 or 50 it is thought more important to boost the careers of younger less experienced men, who can have difficulty managing more skilled staff and can undermine capable female workers because they feel threatened.
A poor staff management profile but somehow we are told the solution is for us to 'manage our managers' better and I thought that was why they were promoted and got paid more.