Quotes About Workplace

You just sort of get used to being one of the only women on set, so it's really refreshing to start to enter a time when that's not the case anymore.

When I lived in Boston, I had an office that I rented because I found it wonderful to go away from my house to work: It was so quiet, and I couldn't go to the refrigerator or do the laundry.

I encountered producers who wanted to hang out after we worked, and when I refused, they wouldn't let me come back and work again... I would've have way more opportunities if I had succumbed. But it never felt right. I always felt like I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to compromise my morals.

The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.

The men I worked for didn't look at me as having any gender at all. They regarded me more as a workhorse.

You have to act like a responsible professional in the industry regardless of your age.

If I went to a regular job, if I was a secretary or something, I'd want to look good. I'd dress up for that part.

I encountered on a regular basis rude comments and sexual innuendo and cat calls and overt sexual propositions in professional settings.

The overtime rule was frankly diluted in 2004 by a regulation put in place by the Bush administration.

I'm here to work.. not to like or dislike people. Neither am I here to win a Miss Congeniality competition. I maintain professional relations with my co-stars.

We've got gays working there. If they can demonstrate long-term relationships, we make same-sex benefits available just as we do with common-law marriages. Gays are productive people. Some fly airplanes, some work in breweries.

I'm a lot more productive in an actual office. I love being around our other editors, and going there every day alleviates some of the guilt that I think many self-employed people feel when you know you could always be working from your laptop at home. I feel so relaxed there, while completely engaged and inspired.

In all cases, I will always hire the best person for the job, and it just so happens that many of those are women.

If faced with two competitive candidates, every company will hire the person who evinces more enthusiasm.

I think there's a reason why some companies have such dismal records. It's not because they're clueless; it's because they systematically don't want to hire women.

I've seen very few Hispanics and blacks who have been able to work their way into the advertising end of business.

One reason women are left 'holding the baby' is anti-male discrimination in rights of maternity/paternity leave.

Never, ever, ever show up to your office holiday party on time.

I went to work and did a lot of homework about what was wrong with me.

When I'm drawing, I only do that at home, really, at my drawing table. But writing I could do in other places. So I've written in airports, in hotels, different places.

A lot of time, I've had bosses who were women that were, like, described as battleaxes, and I loved 'em, man. We get on like houses on fire.

But I don't really care for directors flaring up and trying to humble some actor, which they would do to try and make an example out of them so everybody else would stay on the ball - and David wasn't anything like that.

And with Sushant Singh Rajput, I never felt like he was the star of the film because of his humble nature. We used to hang out together after work.

I'm not someone who can be depended one five days a week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday? I don't even get out of bed five days in a row-I often don't remember to eat five days in a row. Reporting to a workplace, where I should need to stay for eight hours-eight big hours outside my home- was unfeasible.