I Refuse to Do a Secretary’s Job for Free Just Because I’m a Woman

Bright Side ^ | Dec 4, 20205 | Anna B.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I was a lead engineer working for a VP, he would volunteer to be the note taker in meetings. His philosophy was that the note taker controlled the agenda. I became the meeting note taker and was promoted accordingly.

[ansel12]

When this modern wave of feminist stuff first got heavy in the last 55-60 years it was secretaries refusing to get the boss coffee, there was story after story about that growth in the workplace.

[WKUHilltopper]

Damn whiner.

[unixfox]

Imagine if the following was said...

“Men are much better at_____________”

[dfwgator]

I mean it’s not like he asked her to iron his shirt.

[odawg]

If men can lose his job over comments like that, it is all over for men in businesses. HR will ultimately put themselves out of a job when it all collapses.

[HYPOCRACY]

I’ll take things that never happened for $1,000.

[I-ambush]

How can she take accurate notes when she has to get up repeatedly to get the coffee?

[CodeToad]

“Let’s imagine...”

Typical female: Speculusion. They speculate then make conclusions using the fantasy.

eHem: Estrogen Mayhem.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“””I was a lead engineer working for a VP, he would volunteer to be the note taker in meetings. His philosophy was that the note taker controlled the agenda. I became the meeting note taker and was promoted accordingly.”””

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I agree. I was also a note taker and was promoted accordingly over those who liked to talk, talk, talk at meetings.

[Dr. Sivana]

His philosophy was that the note taker controlled the agenda.

That is true. Control or at least influence over communication is key. My penmanship is poor.

I believe this story was made up. A real boss in the situation would no longer say "women are better at it", but simply say "You are good at it", or "I thought you liked it". He is the lead, so he could assign it to someone else, so it's mot like he would have to take it on.

Some very important and powerful women deal with this better:

[T.B. Yoits]

There are quite a few websites like this 'Bright Side' that sell viewers to advertisers via rage bait.

Why go through the cost and effort to produce a 30 minute or one hour television special when you can throw out 10 stories, some of which the newly indignant will share with others?

I'd categorize this story as One-That-Never-Happened.

[cgbg]

AI workers/robots are going to put HR out of business.

[bert]

Barefoot, pregnant, kitchen.....

The purpose of women is to bear and nurture children

She let her sexist mentality overcome her reason for being

[V_TWIN]

And make the sammiches!

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I can see something like this happening and it isn’t fair to the woman. Its not a huge Feminist issue but people should be mindful of things like this. Its like when bosses ask people who aren’t married to stay late or work on holidays all the time because they don’t have a family.

[dfwgator]

That is true. Control or at least influence over communication is key.

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Which is why Stalin eventually gained power in the Soviet Union. He was just the General Secretary, a position no one else wanted. But he controlled the agenda, and had access to all of the information about everyone else in the Party and could manipulate the other party members. Even gave Trotsky the wrong date for Lenin’s funeral.

[ansel12]

If I remember correctly they also refused to make the coffee, I guess the CEO can make it and then stand around waiting for it to percolate so that he can fill his cup.

Maybe lack of coffee led to some of these Bud Light type corporate decisions of the modern era.

[whitney69]

“Women are best at it.”

That was a stupid thing to say. About the only thing a man can say that is true and unchallengeable is that women are the best at birthing children. Outside of that, they’re in unchartered territory.

wy69

[perfect_rovian_storm]

“Women take better notes“

This guy should have been fired for incompetence.

How can women take the best notes? How can they possibly hear everything that’s going on from the kitchen?