Anonymous wrote:Defense contractor early in my career:

Had a holiday party where we had to dress formally and the one senior woman came dressed for an 80s prom.

My hours were 6am to 3pm.

A coworker (male) asked me if I could drop off his dry cleaning for him downstairs.

A different coworker had a calendar with women in bikinis on it in his cube.

The guys would often go to lunch at a strip club nearby, supposedly because it had 1/2 price hamburgers.

I quit after 2 months.

Not quite that bad but I was given a Men's Wearhouse loyalty card as part of my onboarding package, as a 21 yr old female. Should have been a big warning sign but I was just glad to have a job.

Current company can't do any function without loads and loads of alcohol. Never seen anything like it. They really should have a warning on their job postings that recovering alcoholics should steer clear. Haven't quit yet because it pays incredibly well and it's easy work but it's not a good look.

The boss' secretary stormed into my office to scream at me.

Anonymous wrote:Putting in a request for annual leave several months in advance (not during a holiday). Being told they weren’t sure they could approve it because we were understaffed. We’d been understaffed at that point for almost a year.

+1

In November of 2019 I filled out a leave request for the first week of the following June. That SEVEN months notice. We'd booked a house in Kiaweh. Leave requests have never been answered in my 6 years there. They are a formal nicety to let everyone know when you're off.

In the last week of May I sent out a reminder to all staff. Manager responds all with "I don't recall that being approved."

Defense contractor early in my career:

Had a holiday party where we had to dress formally and the one senior woman came dressed for an 80s prom.

My hours were 6am to 3pm.

A coworker (male) asked me if I could drop off his dry cleaning for him downstairs.

A different coworker had a calendar with women in bikinis on it in his cube.

The guys would often go to lunch at a strip club nearby, supposedly because it had 1/2 price hamburgers.

I quit after 2 months.

Anonymous wrote:The cliquish high school culture of a certain advertising agency. You were judged on your school, address, car, clothes, and looks.

Well, image is kind of the industry, isn't it?

As a 3rd party contractor I was required to send an email to my client contact when I arrived at the office every morning by 8am. If it was even 3 minutes late I got dinged and a note was sent to my boss (in another state). This assignment was in Tysons, I lived in Silver Spring and I had to drop off my infant at daycare no earlier than 7:30. Nightmare.

The cliquish high school culture of a certain advertising agency. You were judged on your school, address, car, clothes, and looks.

When the management team hired a bunch of recent college graduates and used them as emotional crutches, punching bags, scapegoats, and the source of any and all good ideas while gaslighting them that they were terrible human beings.

Putting in a request for annual leave several months in advance (not during a holiday). Being told they weren’t sure they could approve it because we were understaffed. We’d been understaffed at that point for almost a year.

I'm actively looking, and I hate to say this, but the "Racial Equity and Inclusion" project being shoved down my throat while a company-wide anti-Semitic email was allowed to stand, unchallenged, and with no consequences. I'm on board with racial equity, but hate is hate. Except for Jews I guess. I've been there 11 years and hoped to finish my career there, but I'm looking now. Had one interview last week. We'll see.

Working in an office overrun with a bunch of immature, catty 20-somethings. And I was only 33 at the time but I could not handle it.

I haven't quit yet but a virtual baby shower for my jerk boss during company hours just about did it

Open concept office space. No I don't want to sit at a desk like I'm in high school.

Formal team building. If you want to build a team, just have people go out for lunch. Or drinks.

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