by Leah Massingham | May 27, 2026 | In You Workplace top story, In Your Workplace, Popular Stories
There’s a very specific kind of exhaustion that comes from being a woman at work, and it’s not always the actual job that drains you. It’s the constant self-editing. The rehearsing before meetings. The carefully softened emails. The strategic exclamation marks. The...
by Nina Brooksbank | May 26, 2026 | In You Workplace top story, In Your Workplace, other stories
It’s 5:30 pm on a Thursday. Your manager walks over to your desk with a chaotic project that someone else messed up. “I know you’re completely underwater, but you’re the only person I trust to fix this; you’re so resilient.” They say On paper, this...
by Adam Foxsmith | May 26, 2026 | In You Workplace top story, In Your Workplace, Neuro divergence in the workplace, other stories
ADHD is a potent source of burnout for women in work environments that fail to accommodate them. Many adults struggle to manage their work responsibilities while coping with their ADHD symptoms, and the limited support they receive is fucking unfair. Neurodivergence...
by Adam Foxsmith | May 26, 2026 | In You Workplace top story, In Your Workplace, Popular Stories, WOC in white-dominated spaces
Yvonne Thompson is a British business leader and trailblazer in a range of industries that didn’t want her making it anywhere near as far as she did. Our phrase ‘nothing changes if nothing changes’ has been embodied by Yvonne for decades, and none of her career...
by Adam Foxsmith | May 26, 2026 | In You Workplace top story, In Your Workplace, other stories
The pay gap is nothing new, unfortunately. We’re all sick of hearing the same shitty excuses from employers to explain bullshit systemic biases, outdated gender roles meaning unequal caring responsibilities and the inevitable motherhood penalty that so many women face...
by Harriet Miller | May 23, 2026 | In You Workplace top story, In Your Workplace, Popular Stories
Some days, the only thing standing between you and a full fucking mental breakdown is the word “no”, and even that feels impossible. But experts say boundaries at work are the difference between thriving and burning out, raising the question of what they look like for...
