Thank you.
I’ve posted on other threads that my company is dealing with an unintended consequence of promoting unqualified females (to keep lawyers at bay) by having us men (who were bearing the brunt of long unpaid extra hours as “salaried employees”) work the same hours the salaried females work (the bare minimum). They are powerless to do anything without serious legal issues. While I have a wife and female relatives, and no issue with women in the workplace in general, the double standard is absurd and the “glass ceiling” and gender wage gap are fabrications. In fact, there are issues within the female workforce itself; childless white women resent the flexibility offered to black & Hispanic mothers, so they simply avail themselves of it for other reasons. Why wouldn’t we guys do the same? I’ve been “working like a girl” for a few years now, and after the hours I’d worked in the past it is like working a part-time job.
I’ve noticed that females in the workplace can harbor quite a lot of resentment. They resent me but I don’t know why. I’m naturally pretty quiet but have tried to be friendly and part of the group only to get shot down (misconstruing a neutral off hand comment purposely to start an argument, or shut me up.) I follow up and show interest about something they’ve mentioned, an upcoming wedding, health issue whatever but on the other hand get ignored when I reciprocate and share something about myself. My mom gets rushed to hospital and I have to call in to work? Nobody asks if she’s OK the next day. I used to say hello when I walked in but since nobody responds except the manager himself I only greet him now. Seriously, the women can talk about their home life and personal stuff they deal with, kids, family etc. but one time when I had shared a couple things about my family I got told “Why you be telling me this stuff, it makes your family sound crazy.” It was a weird response because it had nothing to do with anything “crazy.” It was just about a long lost love that my elderly but long time married Aunt asked us to track down on the internet and before that how my parents struggle with my 40 yr. old half brother sponging off them with no job in sight.
Sorry...yeah I should probably just talk to a counselor about this issue lol. For the life of me I just can’t figure people out.
Some years ago, I was working at a company, and asked what did I need to do to get a promotion. My manager leveled with me that the company had too many white male managers, and no further promotions for such would occur until they had more female managers.
I thereupon decided that working hard enough to get promoted did not make sense, and shifted to working the minimum. What didn't get resolved by 5pm, didn't get resolved that day.
Sometime after that, I left for a better paying job.