Is there anything I can do about being treated unfairly, inappropriately because I am a young, female in the workplace?

7 Comments

1. AnonymousApril 14,2024 at 9:31PM UTC

   You are being extremely vague, I'm afraid.

2. AnonymousApril 15,2024 at 12:41AM UTC

   It depends.....but you don't want to share specifics.

   Strange you set the post up to be vague. So based on that I would say there is nothing you can do.

3. Barb HansenApril 15,2024 at 2:13AM UTC

   Without much details in the original post - which is okay, sometimes it's difficult to articulate a challenge - I'll give some hints that helped me when I was younger and being treated unfairly in the workplace.

   - I tried to not take things personally (assuming that you are not being abused or assaulted). If someone decided that I was a "less-than", I choose to ignore their comments, and do my work.

   --I tried to find a champion/mentor who supported me. Sometimes there was internal corporate politics or other issues happening around me that I was unaware of, and that mentor helped me how I could survive or forge a new path.

   -- and If a particular situation was too much, I started looking for a new role.

   I'm sorry you are feeling that you are being treated unfairly and I hope your situation improves.

4. AnonymousApril 15,2024 at 1:02PM UTC

   This. Perfect. I did the same thing. For the first 15 years of my career, I was the youngest. I was the youngest developer, youngest manager, and then the youngest VP. Head down. Don't take things personally. Call out abuse when it becomes abusive. I left my first job after three years and spent 22 at the next one.

5. Cindy GloverApril 15,2024 at 10:32PM UTC

   Well said Barb ?

6. Cindy GloverApril 15,2024 at 10:30PM UTC

   How do you know those are the reasons?
   And are you receiving the behavioral issue wrong or maybe it’s being delivered unintentionally?

7. MislynApril 19,2024 at 7:25PM UTC

   most women are treated unfairly and inappropriately at jobs if a majority of the work place is male employees. It’s just seems to be part of it. The inappropriate conversations I would here from my male co workers was just crazy. The language they would use alone would make me uncomfortable. That the difference between guy and girls unfortunately.