‘No reward or recognition’: why women should say no to ‘office housework’

The authors found that women were accepting too much ‘non-promotable work’, causing them to miss out on promotions and pay increases. Photograph: Chris Rout/Alamy

Many of us have a never-ending list of tasks that are work-related, but not quite work: writing up minutes from meetings, assembling entries for awards, serving on committees, selecting interns, organising holiday parties, shopping for leaving gifts.

Many, if not most, working women accept it as just part of the job. But taking one for the team could be holding all women back.