[wally_bert]

But isn’t it preached that all female supervisors are the fairest, most level-headed, honest, and the other feel-good claptrap?

[cripplecreek]

But isn’t it preached that all female supervisors are the fairest, most level-headed, honest, and the other feel-good claptrap?

Depends on the woman. We had a general manager who was a woman who had been in the shop for 30 years. She was ruthless and downright cold hearted as a boss and I loved it.

Everybody else would scatter when they saw her coming but I would meet her half way and tell he what was going on. She respected me for it.

Nothing worse than a wishy washy boss.

[M1903A1]

I worked my way through college doing summers and full-time temp positions with a state agency. The top management of the division I was in was dominated by middle-aged women.

Several of us noticed an interesting dynamic from them:

If you were young and male, you could practically get away with murder.

If you were young and female (and especially if you were attractive), your career there would be short and viciously unpleasant—which I actually saw happen a couple of times.