"I was about to make an offer to a new hire when the CEO pulled me aside. He wanted me to know that women don't negotiate and I should offer a lower number. I was stunned as I am a woman and he hired me."
"A White service rep boldly applied a Black stereotype when he asked 'Oh you grew up with your father in your home?' Then he delivered a backhanded compliment by saying 'And you’re doing so well! Your parents must be so proud' as if it came as a surprise to him."
"A coworker made it a point to state that I "have an accent" even though I speak English fluently and it's one of 3 languages I speak. This coworker even admitted that I write better than anyone else on the team."
"I was told I was not collaborative and a good 'culture fit' when I walked in front of my male co-presenter on stage to better engage with an audience of 150 people."
"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."
"A leader in our agency referred to a creative concept as gay. Which might have been ok if they meant homosexual but instead they just meant to say it was bad."
"When leadership would call me a creative director but refused to give me the title and compensation that goes with it — all the while formally promoting my male counterparts."
"I was hired as a supervisor. After 3 years I was promoted to manager. A male I supervised applied for the same role in a different city - with no experience - and started as a manager."
"I was about to pitch a project about soccer to a client. I have been a huge athlete my whole life, and was so excited. I created the work, but was not allowed to present my own work to the client, because I was told by my account manager they didn't want any gringas in the meeting."
"You tell me that my direct, honest communication style works great for the global account that I lead. But then you tell me that I need to change it for American audiences."
"My colleagues tell me that I don't have any commitments at home and therefore have the ability to stay late at work. It hurts because I didn't choose not to have children - it's how life turned out for me."
"When I was a 21 y.o. grad student, I experienced sexual harassment by my supervisor. He regularly made comments about my body and the bodies of other female students. When I told him I was wearing red socks for Valentine's Day, he asked me if I was wearing a red thong to match.
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"I tried my birth name instead of my white-sounding nickname on my resume while job-hunting. No calls, no rejection emails, radio silence. I put my nickname and started getting 3x the amount of communication. Got married, changed my last name, and got 5x the responses & interviews."
"I am capable to fulfill the roles I am applying for, but I don't get callbacks. One career coach told me it was because my artwork shows up when they search for me and they decide not to call me back."
"Three leaders created a disreputable narrative about my communication skills. A less experienced peer played into their narrative and was promoted over me. I never had communication issues in seven years, and it seemed to only come up when I was getting close to a promotion."
"When I was about to make an offer to a new hire the CEO of my company pulled me aside to give me some advice. He wanted me to know that women don't negotiate and I should offer a lower number to her. I was stunned as I am a woman and he hired me."
"My manager told me he was worried I didn't know how to keep information confidential. When I asked him why, he said "I talked to a lot of people", but he didn't have any specific feedback where I shared something I shouldn't have. Because being social is a bad thing?"
"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 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."
"I overheard that my pending promotion was being delayed because there was doubt about my ability to present in front of our Board of Directors - a group comprised primarily of white older men."
"I was told I was not collaborative and a good “culture fit” when I walked in front of my male co-presenter on stage to better engage with an audience of 150 people.
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