I was passed over for a promotion in favour of a male art director who was far less experienced than I was, and far less capable. I felt incredibly despondent, and that I’d really hit a ‘glass ceiling’. There was very much a ‘boys club’ in the agency I worked at still – lots of drinking with clients etc. I resigned soon after and changed careers. In my exit interview I was asked if that was the reason and I said ‘no’ because I didn’t want it to seem like I was making an issue. I was much younger then, and my confidence was lower. I wouldn’t do that now.
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