"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."
"I was told 'You're not who I hired' to my face, simply because I dared to question processes put in place that didn't help our clients but further confuse them."
"In my yearly pay review I was not given any technical feedback as a web developer. Instead I got told that I came across too serious and grumpy because I didn't smile enough and heavily implied that it had an impact on the sort of projects that I got resourced for."
"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."
"We posted hurtful creative — photos of 'sunburnt' employees to promote a picnic themed happy hour. I was speaking up for POC employees that had come to me that weren't represented in the photos."
"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 a redhead. As a manager I didn't have negative perform reviews - meet all goals - brought in over $500,000 in revenue. Out of the blue I was told that I was being demoted. The reason: I am too emotional. I show my emotions and I don't always have a smile on my face."
"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’m perceived as younger than I am with the associated assumptions. That I don’t have first hand experience to validate my expertise in my career role. And that my age makes me less qualified to do my job.
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"A supervisor reprimanded me for not stating something to a client in a gentler and softer way which was expected since I am a woman. I had to inform a client in a professional yet firm way that something they wished to be done could not be done."
"My new manager told me that he saw my role as "administrative" - scheduling meetings, coordinating social engagements and stocking supplies. At the time I was leading Operations for a $5B business. After I left for another role he requested a male backfill."
"I ran a significant and profitable business unit as an out gay man and despite acting as a VP - the company always passed me over for a VP title. Later it asked me to be the executive leader for the Pride group despite me not being an executive due to the 100% promotion refusal."
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