Letters to the Editor
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Work sucks? Blame yourself.
If the politics in my office added up to some nasty lady/guy scheduling meetings for 6pm and answering emails at 4am (so they’ll look like they’re the responsible one at work) I’d walk into that person’s office and tell them they’re playing a transparent game. I would seriously call them on it and look them in the eye and wait for some sort of defense of their complete lack of time management.
And if it was the opposite situation and my co-workers were leaving at 4:59 and pushing every bit of over time at me, sans any sort of compensation, I’d put my foot down too. Seriously – what’s up with anyone that they’d put up with that? I’d head straight into my bosses office and I’d let them know what was up and why it’s unacceptable and what could be done to make the situation better. If you’ve got something in writing from HR you don’t just back down from what is yours and then passive-aggressively vow never to work for women again – that’s just what ‘they’ want you to do.
What’s the worst that happens? They tell you to get back to work or you’re fired? Whatever – I’d just go back to my desk, brush off my resume and the end result would be me at a better job.