I thought I'd reflect a little on the work place and what to expect and what not to expect.
When I got my first big kid job out of college, I worked with men. I interviewed with three men and I thought I would die from nervousness. Just know, every workplace needs a woman, but not a lot of them. No offense to my own kind, but you all are t-r-o-u-b-l-e. My second job also entailed a male environment. Sure, if you get offended easily and don't have a sense of humor, you probably should only work in a female oriented location, but even that has it's battles.
I now sit at a job where I am isolated, but am surrounded by women. I overhear conversations about who parked too close to who, who rolled her eyes, who has a monotone voice and the list goes on. These are real live conversations, folks. It wears me out and I'm just a bystander.
My mom told me a long time ago that girls never change, they never stop gossiping. I'm sure she shared this with me when I was hysterical about someone being mean. I tell you this so you don't go into a professional atmosphere expecting a sorority mentality to be gone from the females around you. I also tell you this as a warning. Everyone knows who the "Office Gossip" is and nobody likes them. Just don't do it. Girl's are manipulative, you won't even know you've joined their team until it's too late.
Working with men isn't always rainbows and butterflies either. Even the professional ones in suits are gross, perverse and childish.
Moving on.
Need a new job? You're on your own. People won't help you find a job. They don't care. Most of the people you ask aren't happy with their own job, why would they find something better for you? Even with all their connections* they are generally useless. I've had one person legitimately find me a job and somehow she found me my last two, thanks Abster.
*Connections: Things people say they have but when it comes down to it, they know no one.
Trust me, I've put plenty to the test. Everyone has the best, most important job and knows the President of the United States, but when you ask for a little networking opp, they have suddenly entered a state of amnesia.
It's not their fault. I get it. Nobody wants to admit their job isn't really that great. Just be proud to be employed, nobody needs to hear you talk yourself up, especially if it doesn't get me anywhere.
So what have we learned today? Women are women and people are people.
Go tackle the world!
