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Triana

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13. Wow. Besides the attitude that women don't "do tech", jealous wives are probably...

Reply to im1013 (Reply #12)

Sat Aug 3, 2013, 09:47 AM

Aug 2013

....another reason women have no mentors. I've had female bosses who were as sexist as the men, too ie: TOLD ME outright that they felt women weren't as technical, and were insecure and jealous of their female reports - thwarting them at every turn, humiliating them in meetings, etc. It's sad all around. Be happy you're out of that racket. This is why few women are in it. It's Hell on Wheels.

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How I Discovered Gender Discrimination [View all] XemaSab Aug 2013 OP

This is worth reading in its entirety. arcane1 Aug 2013 #1

CV is different from a resume. They use it in my field to Squinch Aug 2013 #28

Excellent ismnotwasm Aug 2013 #2

Funny, the same thing happened to me.. im1013 Aug 2013 #3

I learned that earlier on roguevalley Aug 2013 #4

A friend of mine worked in a bank and, year after year, pnwmom Aug 2013 #5

I am having to do that now...I was hired as a manager for a company HipChick Aug 2013 #10

Good luck! n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #11

The other 2 male managers don't even have degrees, and I have more experience than both of them HipChick Aug 2013 #15

What kind of industry? The banking industry is known for this, pnwmom Aug 2013 #17

Wow!...The industry is IT, but the other two manager background is banking.. HipChick Aug 2013 #18

They have no degrees and no IT experience? They're probably too incompetent pnwmom Aug 2013 #19

k&r n/t RainDog Aug 2013 #6

It's real. It's been around forever. SheilaT Aug 2013 #7

Yep. Reminds me of Bianca White's resume... progressoid Aug 2013 #8

Try being a "girl" in InfoTech. Triana Aug 2013 #9

Yep, that's what I did for 15 years. im1013 Aug 2013 #12

Wow. Besides the attitude that women don't "do tech", jealous wives are probably... Triana Aug 2013 #13

Oh God I got so sick of the jealous wives thing MadrasT Aug 2013 #14

Yea the 24 x 7 shit is unnerving. NO WAY can anyone pay me enough to put up with that shit. Triana Aug 2013 #16

I was asked for a full length body shot this week HipChick Aug 2013 #21

Totally inappropriate request! Triana Aug 2013 #22

I am also going to put that in my complaint or at least demand to see if HipChick Aug 2013 #23

The first response I got im1013 Aug 2013 #25

Egh. There you go. Triana Aug 2013 #27

I actually miss it, though. im1013 Aug 2013 #24

You were lucky with that! Triana Aug 2013 #26

This has been my whole life HipChick Aug 2013 #20