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milestogo

(23,139 posts)
41. If you're an ally, act like one.
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 01:51 PM
Dec 2024

Calling all IT workers GUYS means all IT workers are assumed to be men. At least that's what it means to us.

Do you know what its like to call for an outside vendor and when they arrive they say "I'm here to see the IT guy". And its a woman who called the vendor! Women have been in IT jobs for decades - but the male world is still clueless. Its the same cluelessness that made some men not even consider Kamala Harris or Hillary Clinton seriously as presidential candidates.

I don't know any IT women who want to be referred to as "gals".

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Now, its primary use is to staff Trump properties with housekeeping and groundskeepers. TheBlackAdder Dec 2024 #1
Wives... Hugin Dec 2024 #3
Exactly. And H1b employees are exploited because they're bound to the employer. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #2
Straight up Feudal Serfdom Yavin4 Dec 2024 #10
It was about cost. Corporate MBAs didn't want to hire Americans and pay American wages dalton99a Dec 2024 #4
A pity we produce too many homegrown finance and business types and not enough engineers and techs. paleotn Dec 2024 #7
IT Bach degrees have doubled in the last decade, Musk just wants cheap labor (link) uponit7771 Dec 2024 #15
Is that keeping up with demand for IT headcount? paleotn Dec 2024 #23
Yes the headcount is beyond what is needed especially since US IT unemployment is 6% - WSJ uponit7771 Dec 2024 #33
Interesting. paleotn Dec 2024 #36
Ain't that the truth. Indentured servitude is a nice way of putting it. paleotn Dec 2024 #5
Guess what? There are lots of women in IT milestogo Dec 2024 #9
Guys, in colloquial terms, means both women and men. paleotn Dec 2024 #12
I don't respond to "guys" and my managers know it. milestogo Dec 2024 #13
Agreed. But maybe that energy should be channeled.... paleotn Dec 2024 #18
... littlemissmartypants Dec 2024 #20
I shouldn't have to "fight" with people on DU. milestogo Dec 2024 #38
I get it. We're not fighting. But you are flaming. paleotn Dec 2024 #39
Not to be rude... maspaha Dec 2024 #16
Attacking your allies is not a good strategy. paleotn Dec 2024 #17
Educating does not equal Attacking maspaha Dec 2024 #19
Seems like the way Right-wingers change MuchBetterThanThis Dec 2024 #22
Stop it! maspaha Dec 2024 #26
Not always. paleotn Dec 2024 #32
Language and word choice IS how we communicate maspaha Dec 2024 #37
Ha! My wife said the same... "Just call them y'all and be done with it." She cuts to the chase so well. paleotn Dec 2024 #40
Yes it does. paleotn Dec 2024 #31
If you're an ally, act like one. milestogo Dec 2024 #41
Jebers, would you give it a rest? paleotn Dec 2024 #42
A female relative got a bach in geography and a masters in GIS mapping. She had a allegorical oracle Dec 2024 #21
Yes. And the staffing firms also take their cut. RandomNumbers Dec 2024 #6
I've worked in India. The avg citizen there doesn't have a PC in their homes. Yavin4 Dec 2024 #11
For the same reason corporations have customer service call centers staffed with people called "Bob" sop Dec 2024 #8
Yes BigMin28 Dec 2024 #34
***THIS !!!*** WSJ - US IT unemployment is 6% !!! There never was a US IT worker shortage they wanted cheaper labor uponit7771 Dec 2024 #14
Exactly right plus, the H1B that I worked with work 12 hours a day and weekends as a matter of course. camartinwv Dec 2024 #24
Here's another H1B story AverageOldGuy Dec 2024 #25
100% Greed ! Nigrum Cattus Dec 2024 #27
It is illegal to pay H1B recipients less than the comparable wage paid to Americans for the same positions Bluetus Dec 2024 #28
Ha ha ha ha ha RandomNumbers Dec 2024 #35
It was meant to lower wages. marble falls Dec 2024 #29
Anyone else have tales of "job listings designed to not be filled"? JHB Dec 2024 #30
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