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LeanIn.org and SurveyMonkey just released the results of a survey on the state of men and women interacting in the workplace in the age of #MeToo. The results are frustrating. The data reveals that 60% of male managers say they are uncomfortable performing common workplace activities such as mentoring, working one on one, or socializing with a woman. That's a 32% increase over last year.
To add insult to insult, senior-level men who were surveyed are now far more hesitant to spend time with junior female colleagues than junior male ones, across a range of basic work activities. The men were 12 times more likely to hesitate to have one-on-one meetings, nine times more likely to hesitate to travel with a junior woman for work, and six times more likely to hesitate to have a work dinner with a junior woman.
(Emphasis from original retained.)
A 32% increase in one year is a dramatic social trend.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday May 21 2019, @02:14PM (2 children)
I might empathize with that. In fact, I can empathize with that. But, it's not a male-female thing. The assholes don't give us guys any training, either. You just got to pay your dues. Eat shit for five years, then they start tossing you a balogna sandwich now and then. If you show proper gratitude for the balogna, they'll give you more of it. Five years of nasty balogna, you might actually get a hamburger on occassion. Don't forget to show gratitude!! Hell, I've got it made, today. Now and then I get a bacon and mushroom burger!! The rest of those assholes go down to the steakhouse for lunch.
So, the question is - have you paid your dues? If so - how?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Snow on Tuesday May 21 2019, @03:49PM (1 child)
There's training, and there's hand holding, and some people don't seem to know the difference. If your job is to solve problems (ie. you don't make near minimum wage), don't expect a nice step-by-step document to answer all your questions -- It's your job to create that document.
I'm an expert in my specific field, but it's not because I was trained to that level. It's because I was given 1-2 weeks of training (job shadowing), and then taught myself from there. I play in test and qa environments and make ALL THE MISTAKES. I ask Dr Google when I don't know something. I try out new things that sometimes work, other times not. I seriously think that being an expert is more about knowing what doesn't work, rather than what does work.
Other people just look at the document store, don't find an answer to their problem, and throw their hands in the air.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @05:20PM
Expert.... Ex spurt
A drip that has been under pressure