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Author: Susan Antilla Edition: Publisher: Harper Paperbacks Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0060565454 Price: You Save: 82%
Tales from the Boom-Boom Room
In the 1990s, women in record numbers looked to Wall Street as a great place to build successful and lucrative careers.Tales from the Boom-Boom Room review. hat many of them found there was not meritocracy, but a boy’s club of misbehaving stockbrokers, and a workplace culture that knew no bounds in its harassment and discriminating behavior toward women. Sometimes it was threatening language; other times it was physical intimidation; but often, it was much worse. Eventually, women who were subjected to this behavior exploited a loophole in stock-exchange rules and opened the door to unprecedented lawsuits that shook Wall Street to its very core.
Taking its title from the notorious party room at Smith Barney's Garden City, New York branch, Tales from the Boom-Boom Room is the detailed and riveting insider account of the lewd and obscene behavior that has run rampant on Wall StreetRead full reviews of susan antilla - tales from the boom boom room (2002) - used - trade cloth (.
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Tales from the Boom-Boom Room traces the story of Pam Martens, the crusading broker against sexual discrimination on Wall Street, who put an entire industry on the defensive, then found herself at odds not just with her local bosses and with powerful figures like Travelers Group president Jamie Dimon, but with her co-plaintiffs and attorneys.
Tales from the Boom-Boom Room traces the story of Pam Martens, the crusading broker against sexual discrimination on Wall Street, who put an entire industry on the defensive, then found herself at odds not just with her local bosses and with powerful figures like Travelers Group president Jamie Dimon, but with her co-plaintiffs and attorneys.
Tales from the Boom-Boom Room traces the story of Pam Martens, the crusading broker against sexual discrimination on Wall Street, who put an entire industry on the defensive, then found herself at odds not just with her local bosses and with powerful figures like Travelers Group president Jamie Dimon, but with her co-plaintiffs and attorneys.
Taking its title from the infamous basement party room of Smith Barney's Garden City, New York, branch office, Tales from the Boom-Boom Room traces the story of the lead whistle-blower, Pam Martens, the crusading broker who put an entire industry on the defensive.
hat many of them found there was not meritocracy, but a boy’s club of misbehaving stockbrokers, and a workplace culture that knew no bounds in its harassment and discriminating behavior toward women. Sometimes it was threatening language; other times it was physical intimidation; but often, it was much worse. Eventually, women who were subjected to this behavior exploited a loophole in stock-exchange rules and opened the door to unprecedented lawsuits that shook Wall Street to its very core.
Taking its title from the notorious party room at Smith Barney's Garden City, New York branch, Tales from the Boom-Boom Room is the detailed and riveting insider account of the lewd and obscene behavior that has run rampant on Wall Street. In this edition, author Susan Antilla provides a new afterword maintaining that despite some improvements in workplace conditions, women continue to face an uphill battle on Wall Street.
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