Gender equality

Dom1n8tr1x said:
Im pretty sure that if you and and two male colleagues started working for the same employer 30 years ago, and all of you were on the same level. Now 30 years later you are still doing the same work with no promotions and your two male colleagues has had numerous promotions over the past 30 years, would you quite or would you think - ok maybe in the next 15-20 years I'm sure to get an promotion?

This is an actual example of someone that I work with. This person is perfectly capable to do both her male colleagues work, yet she has never been given the chance to show what she can do.

Woman will always be thought as the lesser and not capable to do the same job as a man, but when I look at the people I work with it's always the woman that's punctual always on time for work and who does their work to the best of their capabilities. On the other hand the men are always late for work, or simply just don't show up for work and are slackers when it comes to performing their duties.
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Promotions are not about work performance. Women really need to learn this. Also, as women, we should refuse to do any of the motherly stuff around the office. Like make food, tea or coffee, arrange events, arrange furniture, office moves, social stuff, tidy up etc. It really does not help your prospects. You will be liked, but not respected.
 
DMNknight said:
Just based on your interactions here, I would say you come across as quite intense and with quite a chip on your shoulder. You are allowing yourself to use the victim mentality. They get the new stuff I get the old stuff, they get away with taking leave whenever they want while I slave away doing their work for them.
Oh yes and my favourite word... always. Always late, always lazy, always incompetent.

Do you hear yourself? Do you hear a person that is pleasant to be around? Maybe if you stopped being a victim and just started being a human being towards the other human beings you would find you actually get along better.

We are creatures built on socialising, you shouldn't be surprised when you set yourself up as the outcast that you miraculously are...
Take some personal responsibility for your attitude and perhaps you can turn it around for yourself.
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I don't think they're listening ;)
 
Emjay said:
Doh. Talk about a necro of note. DMN, how did you find this thread? :crylaugh:
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oh fek, it popped up on one of those hyperlink thingies... wahahahaha omg :whistle: Needless to say, since the Google debacle it's been on my mind a lot :P
 
DMNknight said:
oh fek, it popped up on one of those hyperlink thingies... wahahahaha omg :whistle: Needless to say, since the Google debacle it's been on my mind a lot :P
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Been there, done that more times than I care to admit. Usually I just delete my post and leave everyone wondering why this ancient post is in their feed :D
 
DMNknight said:
oh fek, it popped up on one of those hyperlink thingies... wahahahaha omg :whistle: Needless to say, since the Google debacle it's been on my mind a lot :P
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Hahaha. Epic.

Now you have a little taste of what it's like being a woman in the workplace. It's always at the front of my mind to ensure I don't do any of that self sabotaging behaviour.
 
Emjay said:
Hahaha. Epic.

Now you have a little taste of what it's like being a woman in the workplace. It's always at the front of my mind to ensure I don't do any of that self sabotaging behaviour.
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Way to make the thread about you.
 
ClintZA said:
I look forward to plenty comments celebrating the fact that SA is fairly high in the rankings...

I do wonder how much of this has to do with women themselves. I am always baffled at how many seem to lack ambition and are quite happy to, quite early in life, talk about how they are going to find a rich husband to look after them.
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Don't you think those women are simply a product of the unequal society they grew up in?

You can't expect someone to behave drastically differently to what was drilled into them.

And if you are going to blame those women for doing that to themselves, then you need to blame the men who were also all too happy to access that status quo.

It's not that they don't have ambition. It's that they were indoctrinated to believe they can't do those things they need to aspire to.
 
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