The new normal: Don't hire a woman

1. Outside of standard benefits, what benefits should a company offer employees? * If the position requires credentials, helping to offset the cost to maintain those credentials would be a great perk to draw top talent, but it is not a requirement.

2. What should the national minimum wage be? * Why do we even have a minimum wage? The market should set the rate of pay based on demand.

3. How many sick days should be given to employees? * 5

4. How often should employees get raises? * Depends. Merit raises for initiatives that increase profitability helps identify employees who are committed instead of clock punchers. Employees should get regular reviews to ensure they are meeting expectations. To retain experienced help, an annual COL raise should be considered.

5. How do you feel about guns? * Americans have the right to keep and bear arms.

6. What are your feelings about employees or clients carrying guns? * Americans have the right to keep and bear arms.

7. What are your feelings about safe spaces in challenging work environments? * I am not amenable to the concept of safe spaces.

8. In a creative environment like The Silent Partner Marketing, what do you envision work attire looking like? * Whatever the corporation determines is the best attire for the work and company image.

9. Should “trigger warnings” be issued before we release content for clients or the company that might be considered “controversial”? * No.

10. How do you feel about police? * Very warmly. I have family and friends that are law enforcement officers.

11. If you owned the company and were to find out that a client is operating unethically but was a high paying client…how would you handle it? * Terminate the relationship.

12. When was the last time you cried and why? * When my child was hospitalized.

13. You arrive at an event for work and there’s a major celebrity you’ve always wanted to meet. What happens next? * I continue to do my job. The client is there for his benefit, not mine.

14. What’s your favorite kind of adult beverage? * I do not drink adult beverages.

15. What’s the best way to communicate with clients? * It depends. Email, phone, written correspondence, face to face meetings; it is predicated on what you are trying to communicate and to which audience.

16. What’s your favorite thing to do in your free time? * Be with family.

17. What are your thoughts on the current college environment as it pertains to a future workforce? * Toxic. It will be harder for employers to find dedicated staff.

18. What’s your typical breakfast? * Sliced melon, bacon, water.

19. What’s your favorite drink when you go to a coffeehouse? * I do not frequent coffeehouses. If meeting a client, cold sweet tea.

20. How do you handle bullies? * I do not back down.

21. How do you handle it when your ideas are shot down? * I try to determine where it failed. Was I missing some essential information that made it not feasible or cumbersome; did it fail to meet the objective? Focus on the process.

22. What do you do if a coworker comes to the table with an idea and it sucks? * Thank them for their input and for their effort. Redirect attention to the idea as a process and work through it with them, identifying weaknesses. This exercise will better prepare them to revamp their existing idea and avoid similar weaknesses in future ideas.

23. What does the first amendment mean to you? * All rights are freedoms (whether they be thought, word, or action). The first includes many (religion, speech, assembly, press). All rights must be vigorously defended, even if you don't agree with them.

24. What does faith mean to you? * Believing without seeing.

25. Who is your role model and why? * My parents; religious, hardworking, smart, loving, gracious, and honorable.

26. "You're in Starbucks with two friends. Someone runs in and says someone is coming in with a gun in 15 seconds to shoot patrons. They offer you a gun. Do you take it? What do you do next?" * Presuming I do not have my own, I take it, check the ammo while commanding others to take cover or get to the back, and assume a defensive position by the door. Preventing them from entering the store is now priority.

27. What does America mean to you? * The best country in the world; my home.

28. You see someone stepping on an American flag. What do you do? * I'm not happy about it, but it is their right to do it.

29. What does “privilege” mean to you? * Something you have not earned; a gift; a perk of membership.

30. What’s more important? Book smarts or street smarts? Why? * Both have their place. Book smarts can empower you; street smarts dictate how adeptly you can utilize that power.

On a related note, observe the TV News ‘Talk Shows”. The men all wear ‘Man Burkas’ (business suits). The women all show as much skin as possible and sit on furniture that is designed to show as much of their (normally covered) legs as possible. Their clothing shows as much cleavage as the censors allow, their necklaces dangle and flash in front of said cleavage and then the women complain, “why aren’t you looking me in the eye?”

That's pretty good.

Now imagine a talk show where all the male hosts and guests wear tank tops and shorts and sandals, and all the female hosts and guests wear business pantsuits (jacket, blouse with good coverage and no plunging neckline, pants) and low heels.

Excellent!

I’d move you to the front of the line!

As a successful ~~woman~~ executive, it's alarming to me how the actions of others can potentially damage my chances in the marketplace...

Welcome to the party, Pal!

And it is obviously a proven risk now.

Never heard of it, and at ~800 pages, not ever going to read it, either.