Tales from the Boom-Boom Room: Women vs. Wall Street Book

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by: Susan Antilla

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Average Rating: Rating: - The Way We Were - and hopefully, no longer are Antilla's narrative is very well-written, offering chilling stories of incredible misbehavior in the investment world. The boy's club attitude made it very difficult for women to operate or succeed in the brokerage business. There is evidence that this type of behavior has been greatly reduced, yet much of what has happened remains an industry guarded secret. There may be too many details for some readers, but this well-documented, unsettling book tells the story in a manner that makes the book a page turner. Rating: - Must read for working women! The in-depth coverage of the sex scandal of Smith Barney is well written by Susan Antilla. It is a common place in Japan that women go to work, being sexually harassed, every day in the offices, ladies room and conference rooms. But this is USA, it is rare! These Smith Barney brokers must have learned from Japan. To level the playing field, positive role models like Abby Cohen and Muriel Siebert are needed in this industry. As a Professor and a Management Consultant, I always encourage young women to get into finance as a career. They can definitely benefit from reading this wonderful book. Rating: - Packed with Knowledge! Susan Antilla presents a powerful and startling indictment of the sexist behavior of stock brokers working for Wall Street and its offshoots, specifically Smith Barney's Shearson/American Express office in Garden City, Long Island. Women struggled to be hired, and then found that the men in charge of their careers practiced all sorts of sexual harassment and intimidation, from jokes to displays of sexual prowess, physical contact and threats of rape. As she describes, the bosses sought to bar women or trap them in low positions. While painting the broader picture, Antilla focuses on whistle blower, Pam Martens, who revealed the situation when she sued for damages. This skillfully written book reads like a fascinating novel, so graphic and dramatic that it is more like a screenplay than a report. We from getAbstract believe it will draw intense interest from everyone affected by this issue: female executives who face glass ceilings and harassment, male executives who must determine their own philosophies toward their female colleagues and human resource professionals who are charged with watching out for them both.

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