Ellen Young went through a hostile work environment as an employee and took it through a legal process. She shares what she noticed early, what she did that turned out to be right, and what she would do differently. Ellen is Marketing Manager at SalesScreen in Oslo and has built her career across SaaS, agritech and edtech, including three years as Marketing Director at Farmforce. She has also worked as a DEI consultant running workshops on inclusive leadership and inclusive working environments. She came to Norway from the United States in 2019 for an MPhil in Gender Studies at the University of Oslo and has been here since.

Rachel Wilson Rugelsjøen explains how these situations look from the employer side, what HR can and cannot do for you, what a well handled workplace looks like, and what to pay attention to in your own contract. Rachel is the founder of LevelUp HR and a senior people and culture consultant and executive coach with over twenty years of international HR experience, including Head of HR Norway at Cognizant and Head of Global HR Development at Norges Bank Investment Management. She holds a postgraduate qualification in International Employment Law and is Chartered MCIPD.