Are there any truly supportive industries for women?
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Anonymous
I never clicked with WGR in my brief stints as a member, but agree that government relations has very supportive women in it. I think its because it heavily relies on interpersonal skills and networking. We aren't competing against each other because we aren't direct coworkers (usually) and instead represent a small subset of our company or trade association. There's a lot of room for women to help women in government relations. Whether your company or association is a supportive place for women may differ. |
Anonymous
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I'm a fed and have only been supported when I had male bosses. I can't even tell you how many evil women I've worked for.
I've found that if you want to be supported, create your own support. I actively only hire kind people when hiring. I refuse to work with people who have attitudes and I also don't want that on my team. I've also created working groups that have been very helpful professionally. |
Anonymous
| I was a fed and I felt supported by both my male and female bosses. Then I was at a law firm and I felt as supported as anyone else, meaning there is was no difference in support between the men and women, IMO. Which doesn't mean that the support was great, necessarily. Just that it was as supportive for the men as for the women. Now, I'm at a consulting firm and feel supported just fine. |
Anonymous
| sales |
Anonymous
| Either men reply on here about their "evil women" bosses, or the women on here can't flirt and hug and bat their eyelashes and baby blues at their women bosses. |
Anonymous
Nope. Not sure where you're coming from but your post is off base. |
Anonymous
You sound embarrassingly retro grandpa. |
Anonymous
It's embarrassing the way women have an issue with other women, like it's a Disney movie and your boss who is a woman is "evil", like the evil stepmother from Cinderella. |