Michaela Hagemann: "I am my own boss"
Michaela Hagemann: Founder and Managing Director of a natural cosmetics company
Michaela Hagemann, 28, founder and managing director of the natural cosmetics company boep
© Julia Vogel / PR"I'm actually a doctor, but after the birth of my first daughter, I knew I would have a hard time working in conservative hospital operations from now on, there are few good flexible working models, and I did not want to be the one who was always just So in 2015, when I was out of parental leave, I set up my own company, the baby oil product, or boep, to work more self-determined.The idea came to me when I did not find any care products for my daughter that I liked, so I decided It was certainly a dose of naivety - luckily Maybe I would not have dared otherwise As a founder with now two toddlers, I am always facing great challenges, for example, if an important trade fair, that requires maximum organization. "
Flexible working models should be socially acceptable
"Nevertheless, I am very happy that I am now my own boss and can tell myself when I work, and I do not spend many afternoons in the office, but with my daughters, who are four and one today If one of the girls gets sick, I do not have to sign out of annoyed boss, but work in the home office, but it would not be possible to run my small company with seven people if my parents did not support us My husband and I also have a very equal approach to the topic of parenting, he is also a doctor and has been successful in reducing to 80 percent, and I find it important that flexible work models are socially accepted and supported by men and women. There is still much to do. "
