I'd like to tell Sheryl Sandberg to STFU.

[Anonymous]

I know a lot of men who think this is a great book. I know very few professional women who are mothers who agree.

I keep pondering why this might be?

[Anonymous]

Huh, I (a man) thought it was "okay", but it was highly recommended by 3 professional moms that I know well -- (1) my wife, (2) a law school classmate who works in biglaw, and (3) a former coworker of mine who is a biglaw partner. All three a very type A personalities who have achieved a lot and moms of children between 2-8 years old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's back to lobby for more foreign workers

Pelosi says it is un American to hire US citizens

Zuckerberg and sandberg and Weinstein and madoff

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/technology/sheryl-sandberg-facebook-ads.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/

ADL, aipac, zoa will be sending Mossad to your door shortly for noticing that which cannot be discussed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sheryl was in DC this week, I hoped to cross paths. if I ever get the chance to meet her I have a monologue ready to set her straight. She has done little to help women, she could lean in a lot more to help women.

This is my biggest issue with her. I don't mind her telling her story about how she succeeded in a man's world and providing tips on how to navigate it. I mind her acting like she's starting a feminist movement...while ignoring concrete changes she is empowered to make at Facebook. If FB had some stellar track record for hiring and promoting women that blew the rest of SV out of the water, she'd have credibility to make that claim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I (a man) thought it was "okay", but it was highly recommended by 3 professional moms that I know well -- (1) my wife, (2) a law school classmate who works in biglaw, and (3) a former coworker of mine who is a biglaw partner. All three a very type A personalities who have achieved a lot and moms of children between 2-8 years old.

Work hard and out source its not rocket science

I agree with other posters there needs to be a way to achieve career success based on quality of work not time put-in. The whole fact that you basically have to make work your life if you want to get ahead is bs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I (a man) thought it was "okay", but it was highly recommended by 3 professional moms that I know well -- (1) my wife, (2) a law school classmate who works in biglaw, and (3) a former coworker of mine who is a biglaw partner. All three a very type A personalities who have achieved a lot and moms of children between 2-8 years old.

Work hard and out source its not rocket science

I agree with other posters there needs to be a way to achieve career success based on quality of work not time put-in. The whole fact that you basically have to make work your life if you want to get ahead is bs.

I'm a male too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I (a man) thought it was "okay", but it was highly recommended by 3 professional moms that I know well -- (1) my wife, (2) a law school classmate who works in biglaw, and (3) a former coworker of mine who is a biglaw partner. All three a very type A personalities who have achieved a lot and moms of children between 2-8 years old.

Work hard and out source its not rocket science

I agree with other posters there needs to be a way to achieve career success based on quality of work not time put-in. The whole fact that you basically have to make work your life if you want to get ahead is bs.

I'm a male too

Yeah, I didn't think it was all that revolutionary, either, which was why I said it was just "okay." But, I was just pushing back on the notion that professional moms don't love the book. In my experience, that's not true. No idea about the wider trend, but my anecdotal experience is that the type A professional moms I know did like the book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I (a man) thought it was "okay", but it was highly recommended by 3 professional moms that I know well -- (1) my wife, (2) a law school classmate who works in biglaw, and (3) a former coworker of mine who is a biglaw partner. All three a very type A personalities who have achieved a lot and moms of children between 2-8 years old.

Work hard and out source its not rocket science

I agree with other posters there needs to be a way to achieve career success based on quality of work not time put-in. The whole fact that you basically have to make work your life if you want to get ahead is bs.

I'm a male too

Yeah, I didn't think it was all that revolutionary, either, which was why I said it was just "okay." But, I was just pushing back on the notion that professional moms don't love the book. In my experience, that's not true. No idea about the wider trend, but my anecdotal experience is that the type A professional moms I know did like the book.

I am a professional mom in my forties, I don’t know a single women my age who liked it, I do know some young women on their early twenties who like it—takes a decade or so of work to realize hard work and taking a seat at the table don’t actually do much in the face of gender discrimination. Only gets worse once kids are in the picture.

[Anonymous]

I'm a C Suite mom in my 40's with 4 kids and awesome DH.
I loved it.
To each her own, I guess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I (a man) thought it was "okay", but it was highly recommended by 3 professional moms that I know well -- (1) my wife, (2) a law school classmate who works in biglaw, and (3) a former coworker of mine who is a biglaw partner. All three a very type A personalities who have achieved a lot and moms of children between 2-8 years old.

Work hard and out source its not rocket science

I agree with other posters there needs to be a way to achieve career success based on quality of work not time put-in. The whole fact that you basically have to make work your life if you want to get ahead is bs.

I'm a male too

Yeah, I didn't think it was all that revolutionary, either, which was why I said it was just "okay." But, I was just pushing back on the notion that professional moms don't love the book. In my experience, that's not true. No idea about the wider trend, but my anecdotal experience is that the type A professional moms I know did like the book.

I am a professional mom in my forties, I don’t know a single women my age who liked it, I do know some young women on their early twenties who like it—takes a decade or so of work to realize hard work and taking a seat at the table don’t actually do much in the face of gender discrimination. Only gets worse once kids are in the picture.

The moms that I referenced who liked the book are in their mid to late 30s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a C Suite mom in my 40's with 4 kids and awesome DH.
I loved it.
To each her own, I guess.

33 year old professional mom and I really enjoyed the book.

Could you tear about anyone's part-autobiography/part-advice book? of course. Arianna Huffington, Maria Shriver, lots of women have written advice for other women that is somewhat based on their narrow experiences. (Ha- Ivanka Trump anyone?!).

IMO the most important advice in the book was for young women to not limit themselves because they think they might want a husband and kids in the future. Sometimes being at a higher level makes that easier, not harder.

[Anonymous]

She is a WOHM and successful in life and career. People can learn something from her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I gotta say, I'm surprised/disappointed by the anger/vitriol here. It seems that women just automatically "hate" a woman who has privilege and did well. There is pure jealousy coming out here, masked as middle class anger - "she just doesn't understand how expensive daycare is, blah blah blah". It's like people think they can have no connection or understanding with someone in a certain income tax bracket, like she is incapable of understanding your basic human experience and vice versa. So many of you clearly just want to see her suffer for no good reason. This is especially sad because she should be a role model for women. There is nothing inherently annoying about her - she's not Gwyneth Paltrow talking down to people. She worked incredibly hard to get to the top of a business, in a male-dominated world, and she wrote a book trying to help other women up and give advice, and she's known as being a mentor and a kind person. Yet, everyone on here "hates" her because she's so annoying and so out-of-touch. Who should we be listening to for advice then, Kim Kardashian? Or just losers? Poor people only?

[phone] PP! I feel exactly the same way as you do about this thread. I don't think men hated on Donald Trump for being Donald the way women hated on Hilary Clinton for being Hilary during the last election. The same way guys don't hate on Donald for his privilege the way women hate on Sheryl for hers. Very sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I gotta say, I'm surprised/disappointed by the anger/vitriol here. It seems that women just automatically "hate" a woman who has privilege and did well. There is pure jealousy coming out here, masked as middle class anger - "she just doesn't understand how expensive daycare is, blah blah blah". It's like people think they can have no connection or understanding with someone in a certain income tax bracket, like she is incapable of understanding your basic human experience and vice versa. So many of you clearly just want to see her suffer for no good reason. This is especially sad because she should be a role model for women. There is nothing inherently annoying about her - she's not Gwyneth Paltrow talking down to people. She worked incredibly hard to get to the top of a business, in a male-dominated world, and she wrote a book trying to help other women up and give advice, and she's known as being a mentor and a kind person. Yet, everyone on here "hates" her because she's so annoying and so out-of-touch. Who should we be listening to for advice then, Kim Kardashian? Or just losers? Poor people only?

[phone] PP! I feel exactly the same way as you do about this thread. I don't think men hated on Donald Trump for being Donald the way women hated on Hilary Clinton for being Hilary during the last election. The same way guys don't hate on Donald for his privilege the way women hate on Sheryl for hers. Very sad.

I'm a successful female professional and a mother. I consider myself very privileged: came from a stable family, highly educated, so far in good health. I have an awesome husband and very few complaints about life personally. However, I see injustice around me constantly and it makes me sick. I see people being constantly told to pull themselves by the bootstraps when their bootstraps are tearing from all the pulling. The Clinton and Sandberg narratives are being shoved down women's throats to the point that anyone having a differing opinion is called a traitor to the female gender, and there is no space for discussion. Well excuse me for not voting* or reading with my vagina. (*Disclaimer: of course I voted Clinton given the options!)

Please stop character assassinating anyone with a different opinion, and then perhaps these beacons of women's empowerment will be better received by those who, yes, do find $2300 a month in daycare to be too expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a C Suite mom in my 40's with 4 kids and awesome DH.
I loved it.
To each her own, I guess.

I call troll. No executives actually say this obnoxious phrase in real life