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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/n42cy on 2023-09-22 14:30:13.
I’ve been working at my current job for just over a year now and in that short-ish time I’ve managed to overlap all the old employees. I believe if you are to do anything you gotta do it right. My name is constantly mentioned in manager meetings and i have been asked to apply for a promotion twice now. They make me do all the busiest hours and days and even when I go over and beyond this ONE manager (mr. X) always has something to say. Recently, I again got asked to apply for the promotion. In the past I have declined as I am not too interested in advancing in this job. Side note I’m finishing up my commercial pilot’s licence and the job I have now is just to keep me busy (workaholic). I thought it might look good to show I have managed others on my resume as it is a good skill to have and I am already doing so as we have no manager in my department. I say all of this to say I give my 100 + 10% at work. But this Mr. X is against my promotion saying I do not smile enough and am intimidating. It reminds me of a scene in Ted lasso where Rebecca, the only female manager, finally sees the room of men as just little boys in suits. It’s funny to me that my lady managers always love me and the opposite is true for the male one. I think the added bonus of being even average looking or slightly better and they feel entitled for you to smile and be ‘approachable’ because anything else that confirms that you are not going to make yourself small to match their non existent self esteem make them quiver in their boots. It used to anger me before but now I just chuckle. It’s almost as if you ran at them slipper in hand threatening to hit them. But no you just kept it professional and conversation to a minimum. I hope I see more women rise to higher positions whatever job they do. But in the process I hope you never lose all you positive attributes these men love to label as negative.