Some women are pushing back against so-called office housework—everything from booking meeting rooms to buying birthday cards
By Rachel Feintzeig Oct. 13, 2019 5:30 am ET Don’t pour water for everyone at the conference table. Don’t put that dirty mug in the office dishwasher. And definitely don’t volunteer to take notes.
“I think to myself, ‘How would a male version of me behave?’ ” Jillian Vorce says of her frequent interactions with businessmen. Ms. Vorce is the 41-year-old founder of Jillian Group, a Boston-based strategic consulting firm. “I can’t be too controversial because they shut down. I can’t be too flimsy either because then they don’t respect it.”
In a 2016 survey of 3,093 engineers, Ms. Williams and colleagues found that 55% of women said they do more office housework than their peers of both genders, while 26% of white men said they carry more of the load. She says the unequal distribution of office housework is a key reason women leave companies.
Asked what it takes to be “a good guy” in the office, Ms. Crisa responds with a message for the men: “I don’t need you to feel sorry for me,” she says. “Just be a good friend.” “It takes barely 30 seconds to change the Bounty,” says David Or, a director of product engineering at New York-based Arkadium, which makes games for online publishers and advertisers. He replaces the paper towels in the company kitchen, dumps water out of the dispenser tray and cleans up after monthly board-game nights. “I don’t consider them chores,” he says.
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