POLL: Which would you prefer to work for - a man or a woman?

Restructuring AGAIN in my company leaves me possibly working for a woman and I'm not happy about it. DH doesn't get why and I'm not sure I can put it into words.

Anyway, I was just curious if this is how other people feel as well.

Message edited 9/30/2005 10:07:13 AM.

Re: POLL: Which would you prefer to work for - a man or a woman?

I hate to say it ..

But I hate working for women ..

I have never had a positive experience working for a woman EVER... they have treated me horribly and been toxic in the workplace.

My one condition of moving to my new firm and working for 2 associates (along with my main boss) was that they HAD to be men

Of course, there are horrible male bosses as well but me and women just don't click

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It doesn't matter for me- I have had good and not so good bosses from both sexes.

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I've worked with many of both...and I have to say men.

Women sometimes get to moody at work.

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I hate working for women. I work for 2 women now ... they are big headed and power hungry ... they are soooo annoying and condesending.

Men are sooo much easier to work for

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I've worked with both, but have always had better experiences working for men.

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I just had this conversation not 5 seconds ago with a co-worker!

MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN for me - ONLY. I had a very bad experience with a woman and she scarred me for life.

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It's hard to explain to a man, I think, why a lot of women prefer working for men. They probably would assume the opposite.

I think it's that women feel that they have a lot to prove in the work field, being women. And there's always that added element of natural competition between women.

Please keep your fingers crossed that I either stay with my current boss or move to another man. I don't know that I'll stay here if I have to work for this woman

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I totally TOTALLY understand what you are saying Eileen

WHen I've tried explaining my distain for working with women to DH, he doesn't quite get it either

Crossing my fingers that you can stay with your boss or get another male to work for &&&&&

Message edited 9/30/2005 10:21:20 AM.

Re: POLL: Which would you prefer to work for - a man or a woman?

Posted by Elbee

Posted by missus-hbradio

I just had this conversation not 5 seconds ago with a co-worker!

MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN for me - ONLY. I had a very bad experience with a woman and she scarred me for life.

Talk to MT about working for a woman

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i just want to work for someone competant

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For me, I have no preference. One of the best bosses I had was a woman. My current boss (who is great) is a man. I think it depends on the person.

As a female boss, I have to tell you- its a lot harder. My old secretary- I saw the men in my office yell at her like crazy and she always smiled and apologized. I asked her to make changes on typos and she yelled back at me! (Hello! They ARE typos!! Its not subjective) I have to say, its much harder to be a woman in the workplace than a man.

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Ive always worked for women....with women..and i've HATED IT!!!!!!!!!!! They have also treated me sooo horrribly...it was unbelieavable!!!!

Right now..i'm prob havin the best experience working for a woman..but i think it has to do with the fact that we get along so well..and are so alike.
i work w/her and the rest just guys...thats a whole let better too!

Re: POLL: Which would you prefer to work for - a man or a woman?

I generally get along with men better than women, so I would rather work for a man. However,my current supervisors are all female and so far, they are great!

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I've ALWAYS had a much better experience working for men.

Sad, but true.

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i work for women primarily and it s****

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I think it is so sad- I would hate to think after all the work and training and education I've been through to become a manager that workes would disqualify me just b/c of my sex.

I've worked for men & women... I think we cannot generalize.

IMO- if the managers are bad, typically the company that hires them is bad. Most often bad management is symptomatic of dysfunction within a company.

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I try not to disqualify anyone just because of their gender, but my experience has not been positive with any woman manager.

Men just seem to give you space to work and grow.

All the women managers I have known were always too busy making sure they look good and kept you down.

Maybe it's because women are all struggling be taken seriously and not 100% sure of their place in a "man's world" still --- I don't know if I believe that, but I think as you get to towards the top you have more to hold on to and much more to lose and soemtimes your underlings suffer for it.

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With my female bosses (I've had two) they have always been competitive with me. With my first boss they were going to fire her and keep me, but I left because I didn't like it there anyway. My current boss is jealous of me getting a higher degree and then being able to move up in positions, when she kind of stagnated because she didn't go for a terminal degree.

My secretary also talks back and is a nightmare. I don't know if it's the age difference (I'm mid 20s and she's mid 60s...I get the feeling she doesn't like listening to what I ask her to do). But men generally just seem less catty. The women here, bosses included, spend a lot of time gossiping. Men seem more on task.