GrumpyKid86 t1_itsdkpz wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:14 PM

This is odd to me because 9/10 female bosses I've had have handled things better: more common sense, more supportive, more logic and more empathy. The whole teamwork thing was actually better as well. FYI: I'm autistic and most of the places I've worked with female supervisors or management I've been employed for longer with no detriment to the company or the team. With males it has been the complete opposite bar one male manager that wanted me to succeed and move into management myself.

CthuluTheGrand t1_itsop35 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 12:38 AM

Well, that's the thing with personal experiences. They differ. Any time I've had a female boss they had that compensative hostility. Like they think they won't be respected so they try to role-play Thatcher thinking that they will gain respect through fear. Always backfires, no exception.

GrumpyKid86 t1_itsqx77 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 12:54 AM

I'm sorry you went through that and I had the one experience where that happened, and it did backfire. Amusingly.

KingfisherDays t1_itsocaf wrote on October 26, 2022 at 12:35 AM

Based on the article it doesn't look like they compared men with women, but higher ranked with lower ranked women, and found that the former were trusted less. They also found that higher ranked men were trusted more than lower ranked. But they didn't do a comparison across the genders.

Edit: seems like they did compare

MilfshakeGoddess t1_itswkyb wrote on October 26, 2022 at 1:38 AM

From the article:

"It's also the opposite for men. When they occupy these senior positions, people tend to trust them more than junior male colleagues, or women in senior positions.”

KingfisherDays t1_itt024j wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:05 AM

Don't know how I missed that, I edited my comment

GrumpyKid86 t1_itsqo04 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 12:52 AM

I've actually had mixed experiences with that one, but in general I actually trust higher ranked females than lower because lower tend to power grab, backstab and poison drip just to get ahead. Only on one occasion was that scenario reversed.

phdoofus t1_itsgxfp wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:39 PM

I was going to say. Have been in the tech world for 25 years and the women are, in general, no worse than the men if not better. Studies have also show that they also make better decisions for the company and focus less on how it affects their own personal outcomes.

LarsBohenan t1_itsi9lf wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:49 PM

Not my experience. I've found them to place more value on social engagements and feelings about other people than their job. I've seen over and over again blatant sexism of women toward men and massive treatment disparities. I've also found them more prone to allowing stress get the best of their behaviour. I've had great female supervisors and deplorable male supervisors in my time but on average, in my experience, men hold themselves to a higher standard.