Wir leben in einer ach so modernen und toleranten Gesellschaft. Denken wir zumindest. Ja, da gibt es diese verquert denkenden Braunen, die Braune nicht mögen und ja, Frauen bekommen etwas weniger Geld und so – aber grundsätzlich ist doch alles vieeeel besser als vor ein paar Jahren. Oder? Nein. Nicht wirklich. Vielleicht oberflächlich betrachtet, weil Respektlosigkeiten viel subtiler rüber gebracht werden und die Leute, die sie nicht erhalten, eben nichts davon mitbekommen.
So wie bei Autor Martin R. Schneider . Der hat vor einer Weile mit Nicky Knacks zusammen gearbeitet, die scheinbar langsamer arbeitete als er. Das lag aber nicht an fehlender Einstellung oder Erfahrung, sondern lag schlicht daran, dass sie eine Frau ist. Das hat er aus Versehen am eigenen Leib gemerkt, als er unbewusst in ihrem Namen mit Kunden kommuniziert hat…
„A Twitter thread has gotten some attention recently, where my former-coworker / current-best friend, Marty, recounted the day he realized just how bad, and insidious, workplace sexism could be.“
Nicole and I worked for a small employment service firm and one complaint always came from our boss: She took too long to work with clients.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
As her supervisor, I considered this a minor nuisance at best. I figured the reason I got things done faster was from having more experience
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
Der Vorfall
So one day I'm emailing a client back-and-forth about his resume and he is just being IMPOSSIBLE. Rude, dismissive, ignoring my questions.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
Telling me his methods were the industry standards (they weren't) and I couldn't understand the terms he used (I could).
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
Anyway I was getting sick of his shit when I noticed something.
Thanks to our shared inbox, I'd been signing all communications as "Nicole"— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT. Positive reception, thanking me for suggestions, responds promptly, saying "great questions!" Became a model client.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
So I asked Nicole if this happened all the time. Her response: "I mean, not ALL the time… but yeah. A lot."
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
Das Experiment
I was in hell. Everything I asked or suggested was questioned. Clients I could do in my sleep were condescending. One asked if I was single.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
By the time she could get clients to accept that she knew what she was doing, I could get halfway through another client.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
I wasn't any better at the job than she was, I just had this invisible advantage.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
Here's the real fucked-up thing: For me, this was shocking. For her, she was USED to it. She just figured it was part of her job.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
(I mean, she knew she was being treated different for being a woman, she's not dumb. She just took it in stride.)
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
Knacks berichtet auf Medium noch deutlich weitläufiger über ihre Erfahrungen. Und nein, das ist sicherlich kein besonderer Einzelfall – und genau das ist ja das Schlimme!
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boa bitte was? unglaublich sowas -.-
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