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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work with a woman who’s up and working by 4AM. She’ll take 3 flights instead of 1 to save $100. Why have a single hotel room for one person when two or three people can share? Why send a simple email when you can Teams, text, call, slack, and text again in a 3 minute period? She’s an insane workaholic who’s pennywise and pound foolish. She’s a decent person with a family but never stops working.

Thankfully she is not my boss!

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I don't want to sound sexist, but workaholic women are an extreme pain to deal with. I worked with 2 women who were workaholic and worse experience of my life. [/quote]

I have encountered this too and it’s awkward to talk about (and I’m an early career woman fwiw). I think some of these types have unresolved perfectionism / control issues compounded by (valid!) concerns about how women may be judged more harshly for subpar outputs.

It’s a problem. I think many of us could frankly benefit from trying to adopt a bit more of the I-Am-A-Man-Putting-in-the-Minimum-Necessary-Effort-For-A-Desired-Satisfactory-Outcome mindset. But it can be hard to figure out the floor/ceiling for this. Idk!![/quote]

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