being short negative for leadership positions?

[Anonymous]

If you are a highly qualified candidate with good credentials and performance reviews, and you happen to be short in stature, do you feel like it has ever hindered you career progression?

Discrmnination due to height is very prevalent and well accepted. There are very, very few people that are short in stature in front facing leadership positions in the corporate world or in the political arena. But how has it affected you personally in real life? We are all told about having positive body acceptance, so why is discrimination based on height so well accepted across all races? Weight is something people can at least control while height is out of someone's control. Many studies have shown that people psychologically associate height with power, more competence, and leadership abilities even though it is based purely on subconscious perceptions alone.

Are hiring committees even aware of such biases based on physical appearance when evaluating candidates?

[Anonymous]

LOL

[Anonymous]

Unlike PP, I don’t think it’s funny. Appearance-based bias is rampant. Height, weight (which, despite OP, is not as malleable as assumed), age, beauty… Perhaps remote work will make things more equitable for height, at least. But yes, you have to work harder for the same success if you’re not tall, thin, young, and beautiful. So it is and so it has always been.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are a highly qualified candidate with good credentials and performance reviews, and you happen to be short in stature, do you feel like it has ever hindered you career progression?

Discrmnination due to height is very prevalent and well accepted. There are very, very few people that are short in stature in front facing leadership positions in the corporate world or in the political arena. But how has it affected you personally in real life? We are all told about having positive body acceptance, so why is discrimination based on height so well accepted across all races? Weight is something people can at least control while height is out of someone's control. Many studies have shown that people psychologically associate height with power, more competence, and leadership abilities even though it is based purely on subconscious perceptions alone.

Are hiring committees even aware of such biases based on physical appearance when evaluating candidates?

Do you have any evidence for all these claims?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL

Why is discrimination based on physical appearance funny to you?

Do you understand the concept of median? Half the entire population in the country is below the median height. You think it is funny to discriminate against that many people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are a highly qualified candidate with good credentials and performance reviews, and you happen to be short in stature, do you feel like it has ever hindered you career progression?

Discrmnination due to height is very prevalent and well accepted. There are very, very few people that are short in stature in front facing leadership positions in the corporate world or in the political arena. But how has it affected you personally in real life? We are all told about having positive body acceptance, so why is discrimination based on height so well accepted across all races? Weight is something people can at least control while height is out of someone's control. Many studies have shown that people psychologically associate height with power, more competence, and leadership abilities even though it is based purely on subconscious perceptions alone.

Are hiring committees even aware of such biases based on physical appearance when evaluating candidates?

Do you have any evidence for all these claims?

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220825-height-discrimination-how-heightism-affects-careers

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214804314000640?via%3Dihub&

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2019.1629562

https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=studentpubs


There are a million studies out there showing shorter people make less money and are less represented in leadership positions relative to their prevalence in the population.

[Anonymous]

Maybe if everything goes to WFH, height discrimination can come to an end.

[Anonymous]

short people don’t get good performance reviews because we score high in technicals but low in “influence”.

[Anonymous]

It's not an issue in biotech/pharma. We also have lots of women and people of color/different ethnicities, both in the employee base and in the C suite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not an issue in biotech/pharma. We also have lots of women and people of color/different ethnicities, both in the employee base and in the C suite.

Heightism is far more subtle and ingrained than combating racism and gender discrimination. How often is height discrimination even discussed at any company compared to racism or gender discrimination? Heightism transcends race.

How many shorter CEOs run biotech/pharma companies? I wouldn't be surprised if most of the guys running them are over 6' tall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not an issue in biotech/pharma. We also have lots of women and people of color/different ethnicities, both in the employee base and in the C suite.

Heightism is far more subtle and ingrained than combating racism and gender discrimination. How often is height discrimination even discussed at any company compared to racism or gender discrimination? Heightism transcends race.

How many shorter CEOs run biotech/pharma companies? I wouldn't be surprised if most of the guys running them are over 6' tall.

Marc Casper can’t be over 5’7”. Here he is next to Deval Patrick, who’s 5’9”.


But yes, height-based discrimination is one of the few kinds of appearance-based discrimination that affects men too. And, like all other forms of appearance-based discrimination, those who suffer are just going to have to work harder in order to be recognized.

[Anonymous]

Not any more. At least in last 25 years.

But work used to be a more violent and physical place. Being big was important.

Early in career I broke up fights, played on company teams, been in bars with drunk boss having his back. Firing angry people.

that is no longer the case. Size is no advantage

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe if everything goes to WFH, height discrimination can come to an end.

They can sit on a phone book or pillow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not an issue in biotech/pharma. We also have lots of women and people of color/different ethnicities, both in the employee base and in the C suite.

Heightism is far more subtle and ingrained than combating racism and gender discrimination. How often is height discrimination even discussed at any company compared to racism or gender discrimination? Heightism transcends race.

How many shorter CEOs run biotech/pharma companies? I wouldn't be surprised if most of the guys running them are over 6' tall.

Marc Casper can’t be over 5’7”. Here he is next to Deval Patrick, who’s 5’9”.


But yes, height-based discrimination is one of the few kinds of appearance-based discrimination that affects men too. And, like all other forms of appearance-based discrimination, those who suffer are just going to have to work harder in order to be recognized.

Sooo.....2 out of what, 300 biotechs and pharmas that are publicly listed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not an issue in biotech/pharma. We also have lots of women and people of color/different ethnicities, both in the employee base and in the C suite.

Actually height discrimination works the other way for women. Short women have an edge over tall women.