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Touchy Issue |
| Message Name: |
Kismet |
| Date Posted: |
03/17/2005 |
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In two of my prior jobs I had women superiors (I'm male), either as a direct report or group head; in both cases the end result was that we could not get along. Even other co-workers and higher ups could not understand why. And always their tracks were covered with acceptable to good reviews of my peformance. Its just our personalities were incompatable.
I will be interviewing for a position where my direct report will be male but the group head is a woman. While the job seems right for me based on past negative experiences I am a little more than wary.
Before the women on this board label me a Neanderthal and misogynist, maybe someone male or female can offer some advice as to what to do and how to approach this. I have had great women co-workers and bosses but the few bad ones have left me "traumatized".
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| Message: |
It is purely coincidental. After 25 years in the workforce I have concluded that the good, the bad and the ugly have nothing to do with gender. So the two lunatics you dealt with happen to be female. The next one might be a man. Or this new group head may turn out to be your favorite team mate ever. Do not let gender cloud your judgement.
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