Being a young woman in the workplace sucks kinda bad

Being a young woman in the workplace sucks.

I am tired, tired of not being taken seriously, tired of being interrupted and tired of people assuming men do the work that I do.

I have been in the same job for almost five years. When I started I was 20 years old. In that time I have learnt a lot, grown a lot and become very good at my job. Yet I feel as though sometimes I’m treated the same way as when I started.

Certain people will ask my male counterpart at work to do things for them instead of me.

People UNDERESTIMATE me.

People INTERRUPT me.

For example, I once had a crucial message that I needed to get out to all staff very quickly. This message affected the whole business. I attempted to call the receptionist to ask her to put a message over the loudspeaker for everyone.

When I called her she answered the phone with “What do you want? Other people are on the phone”. Before I could tell her what I needed she said: “ Call back later”. She then proceeded to hang up on me. Fantastic.

My question is. If I was a man, someone older or someone in a higher position would she have done this? I’m guessing probably not.

It’s bad enough when a man does this to you but even worse when it is another woman who should know what it feels like.

It’s also bloody annoying when a man who has been doing something for less time than you have but still likes to be super “helpful” and explain to you how to do something.

When this happens I usually just nod my head like an idiot but what I really want to tell him to do is go to hell and stop telling me how to do my job.

IT SUCKS!

If you’re sick of being interrupted, talked down to and underestimated stick up for yourself. Also, stick up for other women you see this happening to. It’s the only way to combat this toxic work culture.