She says that created an atmosphere of fear, where juniors felt uncomfortable speaking out, and everyone seemed defensive. Her female bosses, she says, were “image obsessed”, and unwilling to embrace fresh ideas or perspectives. “Because the book actually did mirror my future relationship with many of my female bosses at that workplace.”Īdela, who is withholding her surname for career considerations, recalls that the work environment at the company was “toxic”, built on a culture of “secrecy”. “It was kind of hilarious at the time, but with hindsight it was really sad,” says Adela. The book was The Devil Wears Prada, the 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger, about a young woman who endures behaviour that borders on psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of her fashion-magazine editor boss, who’s also a woman. “He told me it would serve as my manual for working here,” she says. During her first week on the job, one of the few men she worked with strolled over and dropped a book on her desk. Her team was predominantly female, including her bosses.

% /usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8.0_06 -exec javac -versionįor more information, see the java_home(1) man page.Adela was 23 years old when she started working for a global consumer-goods company in London.

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