When you get hired for a job, there may be a few times when you're asked to do a thing or two outside of your job description. Unfortunately, this can sometimes get out of hand where certain employees ...

How often have you been the one asked to take notes at meetings or take time out of your schedule to train a new hire? If you feel like you’re charged with these tasks more than your male colleagues, ...

Employees are increasingly looking for gender equity in the workplace, yet it remains elusive. For every 100 men who are promoted into management, only 87 women get the same opportunity, representing ...

(NEW YORK) — Do you ever clean the office kitchen even if it’s not in your job description? Been designated the office party planner? Are you always expected to know where the printer paper is? If you ...

It’s tough to say no to a crappy assignment when your boss expects you to say yes. Especially if you're a woman. Gender inequality in the workplace begins with being asked to take on work that doesn’t ...

After being asked to organize a last-minute breakfast for clients at her office — something that is not part of her job description — a woman set a big and much-needed boundary with her boss. The ...

Francesca, a sixth-year associate at a prestigious law firm (and a young woman we know), loved her job. When her boss asked her to help run the summer intern program, she immediately said yes. It was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Why do some professionals rocket up the ladder while others, ...

"Have you ever been roped into a 'non-promotable task'? It's something so far out of your job description that you don't get paid to do — and that really doesn't help further your career." ...