First, two guidelines: 1 I want the ladies here to comment mostly, not so much the men. (This is probably impossible). 2 Try to keep this thread serious awhile before starting the jokes. Keep the chauvinist stuff away. My assistant at work commented to me a few months ago how she "hated" working for (and oftentimes with) other women. I ignored it. A couple of weeks ago, the conversation went deeper and she expounded. Her prior job experiences were mostly negative. Boy O boy did she have some stories. To summarize, she said women notice things about each other men never see (duh, but the extent of it is amazing ), constantly try to take each other down and they much prefer working with (and for) men. She actually said "women are horrible". She is a typical Texas girl, is also attractive, petite, in her late 20s, married and is not self-destructive. Like 99% of women I know, most of her personal friends are also women. I then asked my wife for her opinion and she 100% agreed. I was just stunned. She said women are "terrible" and the worst times she's ever had at work have all been because of other women. Regarding men, her exact statement was: "At work, once a man realizes he won't be having sex with you, he's fine to work with". In May, her sister was fired from her job because her staff (all females) turned on her and made a bunch of false accusations. She was reinstated with backpay 3 weeks ago. The thing that brought this up recently is we hired another person, a woman. Immediately there was a huge conflict between her and two other ladies in our office. Until now, all the ladies in our office got along (but that took some work). I realize women conflict with each other over stuff men couldn't give a care about. I also realize women probably conflict with each other more often than men do with each other. But some of the stuff that happens seems so petty to me I can't wrap my brain around it. Do women plot every day on how to get on each others nerves when they don't like the other person? Ladies, talk to us please.
Yes this is impossible. I'll just say in my six or so years in the workforce the most intense disagreements/arguments at work were between two women. I won't comment as to why that is.
That's weird. I've never been in an actual corporate *workplace* so I don't know how it goes there. I only have school and the few small high school-type jobs I've held. I get along with women the most in those areas. Maybe it's because of hurt feelings or the fact that we as women are sensitive creatures?
The worst bosses/managers I've ever had have all been women. It's been so bad that now I am hesitant to accept a new position if my manager is going to be a woman.
I have heard this before from women. A friend of mine (female) said she hates having female bosses. I also have had some major b****es that I've worked for. I've had some bad male bosses too, but usually they are just lazy rather than mean.
yea, nothing kills the morale of women at work faster than the hiring of another hot female. they'll label her a b**** before she even opens her mouth.
Is it like that in the corporate environment? I think that kind of stuff goes on in "lesser professional" environments.
OK, but for now, let's try to focus on women vs. women. I don't want this to turn into just criticizing women in general. FWIW, I've had very good experiences working with (and for) women which is why I was so taken aback. My worst experiences have been with men. This is kinda of what happened with my assistant. It took a while before the other ladies accepted her and the reason was obvious.
True dat. We have an assortment of fooogly women here. About 3 years ago, we hired a woman project coordinator. Hot-tay. Great rack. Nice choice of revealing office wear. She was gone within three months. The women here still bad mouth her.
it's beyond petty. it's directly attributed to the women's insecurity and need for attention. i know that sounds ludicrous but i believe it. it eats them up inside that someone else has come into their "territory" and taken it away.
The most professional, fairest, and best manager I've ever worked for was a woman. I have tried very hard to use her style of management in my own management choices.
My last position, I had a female boss. All the other females hated her and constantly b****ed about her. I always found that odd because, to this day she's the coolest boss I've ever worked for.
I do notice that women will check out another woman walking into the room as much as the guys do. Seems like they size her up to figure if they rate themselves higher or not. Just a guess. Perhaps similar to the competitive alpha male thing that goes on among idiots who care, same goes for women, except that they want to make sure there's not an alpha female and they'll take her down, if that makes any sense. I do have one female employee who can't get along w/ any women here though. She will always eventually talk about them behind their back so that everyone perceives her to be the nicest one.
I think it is an American woman thing. I'm not saying all American women are this way but a whole freaking lot of them are. Its like something is wrong with our culture.
I've had male and female supervisors and haven't noticed a gender difference, good or bad, in their management styles. My current supervisor is a women and very good.