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im1013

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24. I actually miss it, though.

Reply to Triana (Reply #13)

Sat Aug 3, 2013, 07:21 PM

Aug 2013

It was always interesting. I was pretty strictly hardware & data communications, but I worked with firmware & software people on site. I was lucky enough to work for a great company owned by a woman. She was VERY supportive of me, as I was the first & only female that ever worked in their field service dept. After about 8 years, I moved to another state that the company had little to no contracts in, and I was sadly mistaken when I assumed that most companies would be that supportive. So, after a few years of hell, I told them to drop dead & went into business for myself. Still regret leaving that company, though.

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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