Women in FM: Challenging Stereotypes and Seeking Equality
At the Women in FM event at NFMT Baltimore earlier this year, a man in the audience asked attendees what they wished they could tell their male co-workers about being a woman in facilities management. The room immediately filled with a mixture of groans and laughter as hands went up in the air to share their thoughts.
Of course, there was some of the obvious "I can do the job just as well as you" statements, but women also shared how they don't want to be called "sweetheart" and that they don't want to be treated any differently just because they are a woman.
It is a constant battle being a woman in facilities management.
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