Liikenainen perusti oman woman-only TV tuotantoyhtiön

When this producer launched a women-only TV company she thought she'd kissed goodbye to conflict...

Five years ago, I was working as a TV executive producer making shows for top channels such as MTV, and based in Los Angeles. It sounds like a dream job and it could have been - if I'd been male.

Gradually, what had started out as a daydream - wouldn't it be great if there were no men where I worked? - turned into an exciting concept. I decided to create the first all-female production company where smart, intelligent, career-orientated women could work harmoniously, free from the bravado of the opposite sex.

I hired a team of seven staff and set up an office in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey. While the women I interviewed claimed to be enthused by the idea, they still insisted on high salaries. Fair enough, I thought at the time - they are professionals, and I knew most of them were talented and conscientious because I'd worked with them before.

But within a week, two cliques had developed: those who had worked together before and those who were producing 'new ideas'. 

My deputy, Sarah, the general manager, first showed how much style mattered when she advertised for an office assistant and refused to hire the best-qualified girl because she could not distinguish Missoni from Marc Jacobs. This girl would have been making tea and running errands. But I didn't challenge the decision not to hire her because I had a policy of picking my battles carefully.

The office was like a Milan catwalk, but with the competitiveness of a Miss World contest - and the low cunning of a mud-wrestling bout.

A fashion spat ended one friendship when Sarah and our young development researcher received the same surprise Christmas gift - a Chloe Paddington bag worth £900.

When they clocked the matching bags in the office, it was like pistols at dawn. They forced a few compliments, but relations never recovered, to the expense of my company.

Six months after the company's inception, tensions spilled over when one of the researchers took Natasha's laptop and refused to return it. That day I was forced to cancel my meetings and return to the office to patch up relations.

Though Sarah, my general manager, was present, she refused to get involved because she didn't want to be the 'bad cop'.

Despite being in charge, she was scared at the prospect of being bitched about - it was as though, in a women-only environment, staff were unable to keep their defined roles.

Tämä on taas jotain miesten propagandaa ettei naiset muka pystyis toimimaan töissä hyvin yhdessä!

Eipä yllätä. Onhan se jo tiedetty, että esim. naisvaltaisilla aloilla on kaikkein epätervein työilmapiiri. 

[quote author="Vierailija" time="28.01.2015 klo 10:42"]

Tämä on taas jotain miesten propagandaa ettei naiset muka pystyis toimimaan töissä hyvin yhdessä!

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Kun vertaa johonkin miesvaltaiseen foorumiiin, niin täällä niitä kissatappeluita varsinkin tulee ja mennään henkilökohtaisuuksiin. Paljon kärkkäämmin.

[quote author="Vierailija" time="28.01.2015 klo 10:42"]

Tämä on taas jotain miesten propagandaa ettei naiset muka pystyis toimimaan töissä hyvin yhdessä!

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Etkö huomaa että artikkeli kertoi NAISJOHTAJASTA ja sen omasta yrityksestä! Itsehän se kertoi asiasta ja tuskin sillä oli munia jalkojen välissä.