"I was passed over for a promotion that went to a less competent white male who failed in the role. After he was let go I was 'promoted' to take his place and expected to clean up his mess. With no raise. I was not the only woman treated this way at this company."
"You chose to not acknowledge my contribution to the success of one of our biggest brands and proceeded to overlook me for a promotion...more than once."
"My white colleagues constantly asked me if I was "good with budgets". There were 6 other Account Executives, but all the "budget" questions came to me, the only Asian Account Executive at the company."
"Multiple colleagues have noted that my capability and intelligence surprised them because of my bubbly and kind demeanor. My demeanor allows me to be more successful and make more intelligent decisions. It's disappointing that I'm being judged negatively for it."
"A white male client said that my English is better than my father's. Like it's a competition. Like he had the power to judge me when he only knows one language. Knowing English, or how advance your English speaking skills are, is not a measure of intelligence."
My manager who knew about my pre-existing mental health struggles - during the pandemic - during BLM - protests told me she wishes I would just go back to 'normal'.
"When in meetings when I — or any other woman in leadership —disagreed with anything or it was thought that we might — the head of the company would tell our staff that "the claws were coming out". It helped to foster a hostile environment."
"During a salary negotiation for an offer I was going to accept the recruiter tells me I'm 'greedy' for not taking a salary that is less than what I made at the time."
"My mom (who was visiting) lovingly cooked some food to share with my team and my manager said that since she has amazing cooking skills she should live rent-free in a cabin on his property and cook for him on a daily basis. He then made fun of her accent."
"My male manager told me that women are never the same after they come back to work after having a baby. He said their work suffers because their focus is no longer there. Little did he know I was pregnant at the time."
"When I was 19, I worked at a residential facility for teens, mostly boys. A middle-aged, male colleague occasionally drove me home. During one ride, he said, You really should wear looser pants to work. I'm sure your body is distracting to the boys. Who knows what they'll do."
"When I was job hunting several organizations rejected me once they heard my stuttering during the interview process. They made a choice to focus on that single negative rather than the many positive things I would have brought to the organization."
"I was employed as an executive for a Fortune 250 company and pursuing an Ivy League MBA. At a company event I mentioned to the founder / CEO that I was very excited to be graduating soon...he asked if I was getting my GED."
"As a professional photographer for twenty years, on photo-shoots, editors and clients walk right past me “looking for the photographer”. They assume because I am a woman, I'm the makeup artist.
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"In response to what I described as multiple incidents of belligerent and micro-aggressive behavior - a member of senior mgmt explained the employee's behavior as maybe being the result of 'personality' differences. The comment felt marginalizing, paternalistic, and insulting."
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