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Hmmm… I feel like influencing without authority is a little harder as a woman. A bit higher burden of proof to get people to collab with me on stuff. When I’m pushing back or a bit stern people are slightly surprised when maybe they wouldn’t if I were male.
But also my manager approached me in a romantic way and drunk called me multiple times asking to hangout …that also wouldn’t happen if I were a dude LOL
So I used to work at a company where the Product org were mostly male and I noticed that a few folks in leadership treated me (the only female PM in my team) differently to how they treated other PMs. Mainly just talking down to me. But I’ve heard from friends at work that there were a few people making sexist comments about me in private.
Well now I work at a company where my Product org is mainly women. My VP and her directors are also women. I never deal with the problems I faced working at that other company.
This is a question with an obvious answer: yes. As a woman in ANY industry, you will encounter discrimination and prejudice. Pay discrimination and pay inequity is one example with concrete data points against it.
Earning respect takes longer, and it was a definite struggle when I first started. Still, being taken seriously is a struggle because if I'm too harsh, I get told "I'm being too difficult" and if I'm overly nice, no one takes my suggestions seriously.
Absolutely, I took a job under paying me and with no bonus just because I am a Black woman. I found this out for the employees there.
I feel like I did when I first started. I was hired at the same time as a male with the same amount of experience as me and he was paid 3k more than I was per year. I think it has gotten better but it does still happen.
I feel like in any industry it may be, us women are bound to face gender-based discrimination one way or another. Disappointing, it may be, but not surprising in the least.
It's a given that women will be viewed differently, and people won't even realize they're doing it. It's not malicious or intentional, which honestly makes it harder to manage. If you ever bring it up, you'll be accused of victimizing yourself. It's best to be bold when you can, and sit back when you can't. This is how corporate world is.
Yes! This happened to me my on my first job. I used to cry myself to sleep out of frustration. I left and my mental health had been restored.
I resonate with this. When I was starting out, I used to feel this especially with my male counterparts. I had to earn their respect eventually.