I found that out up close and personal with a wacko female IT supervisor that I honestly think was deranged.
She darn near succeeded in driving me to a nervous breakdown. Most everyone seemed satisfied with my work and would tell her to her face. She tuned that out apparently. Every day, usually a few times, I got snapped at, glared at, chewed out (legitimate or not), accused of all kinds of things and generally made miserable.
I took a lower paying but for most part better job outside of state gov. Besides I wasn’t going to get any kind of reference. After a while I went into contract work and later I got a very good support job that pays more than her state gig. I heard she left for a job at TD bank. I feel sorry for any males and conservative females that inherited that fat, ugly hag.
Your story is all too true. I work IT in a private company at the moment, but I know females in IT tend to congregate to management instead of skill areas. I’ve had female managers and a lot of them have a chip on their shoulders.