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I need some brutal honesty, so bring it on y’all.
My name is so common so I had to come up with something that wasn’t already taken when making an email during college and ended up with cindyflippinworks@gmail.com
Now I’m a year and a half into my career and people either laugh at it or hate it...should I change it?
I have an offer with Capita plc for 22 LPA for 5 yoe.
It's complete WFH.
Tech stack is spring boot and microservices.
Is it a product based company or a service based company?
How wlb will be in Capita plc?
I have been offered 6A band as senior software engineer, so is 22LPA fair compensation?
Thanks in advance.
Hi fishes,
How is the wlb in Amex?
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It’s hard to read this today.
Para 1, I get what you’re saying but it’s all so superficial. We had the opportunity to protect women, and 54% (majority!!) decided against it.
This isn’t a criticism to you or OP! It’s just hard to think about uplifting women when most women simply don’t care to do that.
I’m disgusted by all the women who just voted to kill women, take away rights that generations of women fought for, send us so far back.
Women who actually want to support women, my heart breaks with you today.
Sadly, tens of millions of people can't fathom a woman in power.
Wish we supported women yesterday.
Wish the same
I want someone to uplift me I want a good mentor
I have always been grateful for spaces for female coworkers to just gather and be together. Whether it’s a virtual group lunch where we all just talk about non work things or a post work happy hour. Find that time to connect
Genuinely don’t care for many women today.
Actually that day was yesterday, not today. 54% of women voted against all women yesterday, so don’t expect the 46% of women to support “all women” today. We tried that yesterday and it didn’t work, so don’t criticize us for being upset.
These responses are terrible. OP isn't making this a political post. She wants to lift up the women she works with.
OP - I worked with a powerhouse of a woman. She always responded to clients and organizations with suggestions of a few women on her team or in her network who could get the job done. She knew what people's skills, passions and strengths were. She really took the time to get to know the professionals she worked with and across from and she truly always lifted people up. She's an absolutely amazing leader.
I agree it's probably bad timing and maybe my thoughts were influenced by today's events but thanks P1 for hearing me out for the genuine reason I was writing on the bowl!
@Paralegal 1, respectfully, you were the one who vomited in this bowl. We were otherwise sharing our feelings (respectfully) which happen to be the same sentiments millions are feeling in our country 24 hours after learning the results of a very consequential election. God forbid you ever experience or have experienced a tragedy in your life, but how would you feel if someone told you the next day to just get over it? Consider reading up on emotional intelligence (same as accurately “reading the room”). Author did what true “bosses” do - acknowledged the reactions (again, which were all respectful until you showed up). I think she understands that no one was looking for an apology, rather expressing how we were feeling in the moment.
KPMG1, OP didn't ask for people to share their feelings, though. She, as a leader, was looking for ways to lift the people on her team and no one offered or supported that. Not only did no one provide an actual response or something she could use to lift and empower the women she's leading, but she got "I genuinely don't care for many women today."
I get the importance and need for discourse, I fully agree with the concerns so many of us are experiencing and feeling as a result of November 5 2024 (and November 8 2016!) but someone asked for help and no one offered it. I find that problematic and didn't feel inclined to stay quiet about it.