- 12 times more likely to be hesitant about one-on-one meetings with a junior woman than they are a junior man
- 9 times more likely to be hesitant to travel with a junior woman for work than a junior man, and
- 6 times more likely to be hesitant to have a work dinner with a junior woman than a junior man.
Read more at: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/17/60percent-of-male-managers-now-say-theyre-uncomfortable-mentoring-women.html
The article discusses these findings in relation to being a possible consequence of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, which they imply may have had a negative impact on relationships between men and women at work. This is countered by suggestions that any man who doesn’t want to have work dinners with a woman should also not have work dinners with a man. Instead, they should have group dinners so that everyone is included. But at a group dinner, is it harder to be heard if you have a new idea you want to pitch or have some personal thoughts you want to discuss?
Has the workplace changed following the #MeToo and Time's Up movements? Are men more wary of coming across in the wrong way? And is this affecting women's access to mentorship programmes or other opportunities?
I would be interested to know if anyone here has felt reluctant to have one-to-one meetings, work dinners or make travel arrangements with colleagues/managers/employees of the opposite sex? Do you feel more comfortable with colleagues of the same gender or is it irrelevant to you? Or does it depend on the relative seniority of the people involved?
