Marie
I am one of the few women in my company in the technical side of things, I have been a contractor for 3 years at my current job. Why haven't they hired me yet? The reasons cited: I am "very loud", "too opinionated", "too direct", I "snap too much" - one female manager put it to me honestly: "your 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, smart, and you call like it is and never apologize". Why do I stay? At first, because I needed to pay my bills and the tech industry sucks for new hires, then, because someone told me to 'quit, make them happy'. Well now, why should I go on welfare and let the pricks and whiners have the satisfaction? Now I stay because a 5'6" ex-marine and Viet Nam veteran is now my boss and all the things I was criticized for are what he states he needs in the job. I don't apologize what I didn't do, especially if it means being not born the "right height", staying the "right weight" or for being the "Amazon" they call me. What the hell does any of that have to do with my job anyway? I won't slouch to be "less intimidating", I won't starve myself to be "less threatening" and I won't "act needy or less intelligent" just to get a man to pay my bills and "make my life easier". Forget it! If you don't like what you see - there's 4 walls and 4 billion other people out there for you to look at. You want the job done right the first time? Call me.
Country: United States of America
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