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positions. Companies may sticky anymore. Many women from
guarantee that the most competent Gen Y want to become independent.
applicants occupy decision-making Companies adapting to changes
roles by concentrating on measures over the generations are promoting
that decrease or remove the glass hiring more women than men and
ceiling. Surprisingly, only some are appraising women to become
feel there is a glass ceiling to break CEOs and managers.
through. Only one in every six Baby Although the standing of women
Boomers believes it exists. This in India has grown significantly
makes it all the more common that over the years, there are still some
almost one-third of Gen-Z thinks it societal contradictions. Previously,
does what older generations regard the division of labor between
as usual, whether consciously or men and women was reasonably
unconsciously, is being called into apparent. On the one hand, males
question. In spite the fact that were required to go outside, while
it is still in its beginning stages women were expected to stay
of work, Generation Z is not home and care for their families
hesitant to speak out about what and children. On the other hand,
it perceives. Generation Z believes the 20th century brought with it a
that employers should do more to gleam of optimism, particularly for
support diversity and inclusion women. The workspace was limited
within the workplace, and that a to the house and kitchen. Offices and
glass ceiling impedes women’s and board rooms were made available
different groups’ growth. to women. The business sector

Sticky floors are a discriminatory embraced women with open arms
employment phenomenon that and provided equal opportunities.
maintains a specific group of people It gives special consideration to its
at the bottom of the work hierarchy. female recruits. Today’s millennial
Most of those affected by the “sticky generation has developed a new
floor” are “pink collar employees,” concept of feminism that embodies
such as secretaries, nurses, or independence, self-assurance, and
servers. Clerical or service positions, optimism.
commonly associated with the However, owing to gender
“sticky floor,” are held by over half disparity, there are still flaws in the
of working women. In the 21st workplace. Women in the twenty-
century, Gen Y and Z employees are first century are continually waging
trying to eradicate these biases and this war and demonstrating that
ensure that the sticky floors are not

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