Why can't women get along w/each other in the work-place?

Question

For decades woman (and some feminized men) have complained about lack of opportunity in the workplace. They claim mistreatment by men or lack of opportunity to advance beyond some "phantom" glass ceiling. They claim to be paid only 70 cent for every dollar paid to men doing the same job. (a frequently quoted statistic that is tenous at best as far as being factual). Essentially, they claim there is some concerted effort by "THE MAN" to keep them down and that if they were given a level playing field they would match or surpass the levels of success tradtionally acheived by men in the corporate world. ALL THAT BEING SAID, I believe its true that women, as a group, cannot get along with each other in the workplace. Cattiness, back stabbing, gossiping, etc. They undermine each other every chance they get!!! If they could pull together and knock off the self defeating behaviors as a group, just think what could be achieved! SO..why can't women getting along on the job???

Answer 1

Well said! I guess a lot of us are going to have to lead by example and explain our positions until we are blue in the face, but it's well worth it if we can effect change one woman at a time.

Answer 2

Too often women want to just have fun at work. They get too friendly. In the work place I had a lot of women associates (not friends) and I gave them my respect and I in turn treated them with respect. It's not a good idea to make friends with fellow workers to the point that you are invited to each others home and single out just one person to go on breaks and lunch together. Maybe as boss you can invite all to your home for the office Christmas Party and maybe a once in the summer get together for a barbecue. As a boss you feel the morale of your staff is very important. When you get too friendly , the gossip starts and everyone is forced to take sides. Not much work gets done when everyone wants to spend their time gossiping. Women or men should act professionally and do their job to the best of their ability. Everyone is hired because the boss needs help running the company. The boss will have his eye on who is willing to make the bosses job easier and that person will be the one who moves ahead even though one of the trouble making gossipers may have more skills but doesn't use their time wisely. I was a supervisor and ran a program for 11 years. I had a great staff that worked well together. On occasion ther were a few bad apples but by their own doing they didn't last long. Hope this is helpful.

Answer 3

i am a buddhist so i just ignore egomania in the workplace. just to do your job as a good working person.

Answer 4

its the battle to be alpha biatch