Reply to How long until old people stop asking if I'm the secretary?

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "How long until old people stop asking if I'm the secretary?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 46, dress very well and am still asked if I am the secretary.

If they ask me to take notes in a meeting I ask them if they will get me coffee.[/quote]

I like this response. Not bold enough to say it. Would you say it to your boss?[/quote]

Yes. But I am bold. Once, in front of my boss, a coworker cut me off and told me I only deserved 5 minutes of his time. The next meeting I introduced him as "the 5 minute man". He ask for a truce.[/quote]

Pp, are you an attorney? If not, what line of work are you in?

I find that if women are bold, they are called difficult and bitches. [/quote]

That is very true in every profession. Not that it ever stopped me.[/quote]

on the one hand, good for you for sticking up for yourself. on the other, it's going to fuck up your career prospects.  have a good ol boys network (somewhat subtle, but it's there) at my firm, and the women who have risen above it let it roll off their back. there are others who make comments like this and generally let the issue really get to them, and they are viewed a certain way by the senior partners.  their prospects are basically in the toilet. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics