Maybe off topic, but have heard from some women who don’t want to work for another woman. They prefer a male boss.
And among their reasons, are that some women are such back biting two faced people, when put in positions of authority. They go on power trips and it goes to their head, when they are placed in charge of other people.
Of course there are difficult male bosses and male employees too. But just thought it’s intersting that I’ve heard more than one woman talk of this, and that they prefer to have a man for a boss.
It’s been my experience that women bosses have something to “prove.” Therefore, they tend to work their underlings harder and make their lives more miserable. It’s not always true...I’ve had good and bad bosses of both genders...but it’s often true.
In Mfg they are just too stupid. They don’t understand that you have to fire people for coming in 5 min late.
Their mis-wired brain worries about feelings, not production.
Count me among them after 30 years in the work-force. I was just talking to my college-age daughter about this last night. She is slowly coming to that realization for herself, but I offered her my advice as well. I told her don’t fall for that feminist lie of men keeping you down and discriminating, The real trouble will ALWAYS come from other women!!!!
I’m one such woman.
I’ve had ONE fantastic female boss. She came into her position fully aware of how back-stabbing and gossip can destroy moral and cause high turn over. She was militant about one thing. NO GOSSIPING about one another - zero tolerance. One new hire insisted on bashing another female who was taking time off for medical reasons. She got one warning, then out the door. It was a low-level job, but it’s the best work environment that I ever had.
Other than that one job, I didn’t even like working *with* women at all. There’s always that ONE terrible person who’s catty and bitchy and who turns the situation into HighSchool 2.0. She’ll sabotage, gossip, and outright lie to take someone out. If you don’t play ball and help her peck out her target, you end up on the list.
And the others allow her to get away with it.
Guys are SO much easier to work with. They actually enjoy being part of a team. Yes. Most of them will hit on anything in a skirt - they have to try - but if you are clear and humorous with your devastating set down, they actually love it. Then you’ve got respect and friendship.