This guy did an email experiment to find out how women are treated differently to men. The results were fascinating
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So I asked Nicole if this happened all the time. Her response: “I mean, not ALL the time… but yeah. A lot.”
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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We did an experiment: For two weeks we switched names. I signed all client emails as Nicole. She signed as me.
Folks. It fucking sucked.— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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I was in hell. Everything I asked or suggested was questioned. Clients I could do in my sleep were condescending. One asked if I was single.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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Nicole had the most productive week of her career.
I realized the reason she took longer is bc she had to convince clients to respect her.— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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By the time she could get clients to accept that she knew what she was doing, I could get halfway through another client.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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I wasn’t any better at the job than she was, I just had this invisible advantage.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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I showed the boss and he didn’t buy it. I told him that was fine, but I was never critiquing her speed with clients again.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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He conceded that battle, but found ways to hound us both on time in other manners, but again, that’s a different story.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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Here’s the real fucked-up thing: For me, this was shocking. For her, she was USED to it. She just figured it was part of her job.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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(I mean, she knew she was being treated different for being a woman, she’s not dumb. She just took it in stride.)
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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Anyway, I’m bad at knowing when to end Twitter threads, but. Yeah. Fucked up, right?
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
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For more information on this and other stories of workplace sexism like when we tried to hire new staff, contact your local @nickyknacks.
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
A funny post-script…
(feeling bad because @nickyknacks is trying to give up Twitter/phone apps for lent and I bet this is making that REALLY hard right now.)
— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017
