Companies must incur the cost of providing separate entrances and toilet facilities for males and females, But once in, the genders do interact, especially in multinational companies. For example, Unilever's female brand managers, who as long they adhere to dress codes, interact with male colleagues and meet with male personnel from other companies. However,female employees are limited in traveling abroad on company business because they need permission from male relatives. Some multinationals ease this problem by paying the travel costs for a male relative to accompany a female employee abroad.
at one time, visas for single women to enter Saudi Arabia were nearly unobtainable. However, the Saudi Arabian General investment Authority (SAGIA) har successfully attracted investments by MNEs that need visas to send female executives to Saudi Arabia for shot-and long- assignments. While these visas are not given automatically, they can be obtained-more easily for women over 40, but also possible for yonger women, especially rith the use of wasta. For instance, the U.S. cosulting company, Monitor Group, brought in american women in their twenties, and L'Oreal has sent its female human resources manager to Saudi Arabia