The best gift is “You can all leave the office early Friday” not “You can all stay two hours later at the office for a party away from your family and friends.”
He’s also much nicer to the male customers or clients than he is to you. Again, he may not be disrespectful in tone to you, but you don’t get any of the overt friendliness that the male customers get. It’s almost like he’s trying to punish you for something…for being a woman?
When your boss gives you a new mandate, ask her to write it down. Ask her to be as specific as possible. Even if this aggravates her a little bit, you can assure her, “I just want to make sure you are 100 percent satisfied and there is no way for me to possibly misunderstand these instructions.” And then get her to put it in writing.
People will always accuse you of coddling other women, and allowing certain mistakes to slide with females that you wouldn’t allow to slide with men. Maybe those people are right, but considering history, maybe women deserve a little coddling in the workplace to compensate for all the terrors they face.
It’s pretty maddening that people will still add “For a woman…” after saying something positive about a professional female
Huh?! What did you say?