Fellows mentioned in this story:
Rachael Wong
Nicole Velasco
Kerrie Urosevich
Ben Treviño
Amy Miller
Emily Porter
Beth Whitehead
Ann Teranishi

From Hawai‘i Business Magazine:

Many Hawaiʻi workplaces are rigid, unwelcoming or downright awful for women and caregivers. Four companies show a better way.

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PART I: HOW EMPLOYERS DRIVE WOMEN AWAY

The “problem employee” label has followed Claire from office to office, year after year.

She got that reputation when she threw away an old collection of adult videos from a public space at her agency. The material was clearly inappropriate for a professional workplace, but no one had ever objected before, she says. And her colleagues, all men, were angry about it.

Friendly rapport turned to icy silence. Claire says she had navigated the rough-and-tumble of the workplace with a quick laugh and an occasional well-placed verbal jab, but this situation was new.

“I became public enemy number one. This was the start of me speaking out, and then getting just absolutely crushed for it,” Claire says. She asked that her real name not be used for fear of further retaliation.

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