A portfolio career means choices

The reason I am passionate about portfolio careers (especially for women) is that it gives you choices.

I've had loads of jobs since I started working at 15 years old, and sadly I've had lots of negative experiences where I felt that I had to accept or stay in a role because I had no other options at the time.

Some things I've experienced at work include:

- sexual harassment

- having my workload doubled but pay remained the same

- offered entry level salary despite having a masters degree and experience

- declined one off request for flexibility after working over and above role requirements consistently

and there's a lot more that I could go on with!

Building a portfolio career, and multiple incomes streams, means that:

- I don't have to accept that job with low pay

- I don't have to accept that job with inflexible hours

- I don't have to stay in that job when they double my workload (and not my pay)

- I can quit immediately if I am being harassed

A portfolio career mean choices.

And that's feminism right there.