Has anyone else noticed a trend of extremely toxic female managers?
I’ve been set up for failure by these vultures twice in four years. On my last job I was given an account list, then it changed, then it changed again. It was difficult to manage. Then my boss told me I was getting behind and that she would fire me if things didn’t improve. She also said she couldn’t get ahold of me on my company cell phone. That phone never rang, and come to find out it was because she had my business cards made up with the wrong number on them. I worked 150 hours in two weeks doing damage control and got completely caught up. Then she fired me because what I had accomplished wasn’t possible and she felt I had had help.
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Looking for some advice.
How do you deal with the catty "doubting Thomas" coworker?
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Good Morning everyone,
I need advice on an ongoing situation at my job which seems to be getting worse. Background: I am a 67 year old female working part time (30 hours) at a restaurant/gift shop. Been there 4 years.
About two months ago they hired a man…
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Suzie S.
In my current position, I have had two very different female managers in the past two years. I do everything to ensure that my job is done correctly, ensure my staff and clients are taken care of, and take all feedback given, but I continue to be treated in a constant passive-aggressive manner. Women against women have been going on for a long time, but this is the first time I have ever experienced it, and it is exhausting. I continue to go to work with my head held high and respect the chain of command and the people I work with, which is precisely why I am in the market for a new job opportunity. I need somewhere where teamwork is not just something that is placed in writing but is actually implemented in the workplace.
Anonymous
I am a woman directly from Africa, that has lived in US since age 4. Professionally, I have had women from my same home country be nasty to me, a black American woman do everything to undermine me in my job (all while claiming to be looking out for me. I had a black male 20 years my senior tell me he cant stand younger people with degrees and will do anything to take their job away (which he attempted to do to me).
I had a white female manager ask me if everything was "good in the hood" who was the said black man's superior, when I reported his behavior.
Currently my manager is an older white woman, held a grudge against me for almost a year because I missed two emails in one month. All while she is non responsive to emails for months at a time.
I am not sure what the exact reason is but the 9-5 is extremely taxing. This has caused me to only apply for remote jobs. I recently received a job offer with a 27k salary increase 6 months after obtaining my masters degree. I am literally in fear because it requires some in person activity as it is a community engagement job opportunity. I am an older person now and simply do not have the energy for office politics.