How would you feel about this? I was on a standing call with an external partner, which I set up and my colleague and I take turns leading. There was a new executive on the call, and my colleague introduced me as their "sidekick." I don't think it was malicious but it felt demeaning. We are only one job level apart (I'm a Sr. Manager, they are a Director.) We are both women, if that matters.

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I'm not sure how I'd feel about something like that. It seems like one of those things where you had to be there to make sense of it. In some ways I could see it being a friendly throwaway comment. Yet it does imply a ranking. Perhaps it's best to just ignore it and consider it an ill-considered comment. If it happens again it would be good to comment later and ask that it not happen again.

Yeah it just seemed weird and inappropriate. I like my colleague a lot and I don't expect it to happen again.

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