Gloria Steinem Quotes

I started out typing and filing and answering the phones for a little nine-person firm. And that nine-person firm gave me my chance to find my own way.

I spent the first 18 years of my career at AT&T, and it was a wonderful place that kept me moving all the time. I mean, I started off as entry level a position as you can get at AT&T.

At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.

I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.

The best advice I can give women at all levels is increase training. There are still areas where we have to break through that glass ceiling.

One of the reasons that I'm still in the military - or I stayed in the military - is because I think the military has been a place where certainly people could improve, advance, and were treated fairly.

I'm hoping that the administration and other thought leaders will succeed eventually in bringing the country back to the older idea that the American dream is having a career, getting a job, and getting involved in it, and doing well. That was the core of the good life.

If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money.

If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.

I've never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. And every job I had was a steppingstone to my next job, and I never quit my job until I had my next job.

If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good.

My mom worked at McDonald's, and she decided she wanted to make more money, so she got into the management program at McDonald's. And that's how you move up the chain. It's not by demanding that minimum wage is raised; it's by actually acquiring the skills. That's the way that people get ahead in life.

There's never a surefire good career move except doing good work.

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.

As an employee, you can't work for someone forever.

I think titles are important to your career. Whether you reign as champion for a long time or just have it for the time being, to be part of a company and be their champion is always good to have on your resume.

I was nineteen when I signed and then worked with three managers and just didn't play that much.

I think it's like any other job. If you want an extension as a reporter or a media guy or whatever you want to do, I think you are going to open up your ears to talking about a raise or whatever it might be. I'm in the same position.

I got 'slotted' and started getting offers similar to the role I had in 'Maryada.'

Work changes over time, as you change and the world changes.

There are millions of women who are trapped in lower-paying jobs and don't have the skills for a higher-paying job, and don't have the money or the time to access the higher education that they need for a better job.

At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.

Interestingly, a good undergraduate program does a lot of what an MBA does. I think a really good undergraduate program and some work experience is just about the equal of an MBA.

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me.

Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week.