Today, I found out that the engineers I work with believe that a woman with an engineering degree working in an engineering company is apparently equivalent to a "secretary for engineers." I am that woman. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, within the span of one day, the owner of the business I work at said I could write "Technical & Compliance Manager" on paperwork where I was the approver for engineered compliance of product regulatory records, but also that I was "basically just a secretary." FML
Today, I was conducting a meeting regarding safety concerns on my field site. While I made a comment, a client rep yelled out that women don't know construction, and that I should be acting like a proper secretary and should get my boss. I'm the Construction Manager. FML
Today, I found out that, although I have the same job title and complete the same work as my male colleagues, I get paid 15% less, purely because I'm a girl. FML
Today, at work, I heard a child whisper, "Mom, why do that woman's ears look like that?" The mom replied, "Because she's not smart enough for a good job." I have large plug ears and a degree in mechanical engineering. I waitress because no engineering firm will hire me. FML
Today, I started work as the head engineer for a big civil engineering project. I met the rest of my team, in particular the environmental engineer who I'll need to get along with the most. As it turns out, I took her virginity when we were freshmen in college. She still thinks I'm an asshole. FML
Today, I told my supervisor that I want to do the work I was hired to do, which is Data Engineer. He told me he doesn't have the workload for another data engineer, and needs someone with people skills. He's very happy with the current situation. I left my previous job because of the same problem. FML
Today, I realised being the only female engineering student sucks. I have exactly one friend, because everyone else is too busy staring at my boobs to have a conversation. FML
Today, I found out that my assistant is now my manager. FML
Today, it was still easier for me to get an engineering PhD than it is to get a girlfriend. FML
Today, after working at the same place for 3 years, I found out that they are not only cutting my hours but now I have to take orders from some girl I trained because she was promoted over me. FML
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Top comments
leadman1989 16
Well they are smart, joking put some boot to ass and show them who's boss!!!
btstig 11
Outwork them to shut their bitching up.
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Comments (147)
fledrocknrolla 0
Wow could they sound anymore like douche
SirBedevere 0
One weird ass kitchen...
garfield224 0
Show them up
krysxkatastrophe 14
Wow! What jerks. I've got a story for you: I'm in a kickboxing class, and at first all the boys in my class told me I couldn't fight cause I'm a girl. I practiced real hard and showed them what I got. Now they feel like assholes for telling me I couldn't! Show the guys at your work that you are just as good as them, if not better at what you do. They'll stop with their childish thinking eventually.
zombicidal 11
cool story sis (instead of brown)
Jasonf6 0
Report them
malvoliosf 1
OP -- if you came in to work tomorrow and found out that a raccoon had been hired as an engineer, wouldn't you be a little skeptical? I mean, sure, raccoons are smart and all and those masks are adorable, but you don't see a lot of raccoons working engineers, do you? That's where the guys in your office are today. It's not that they don't like raccoons -- err, women, it's just that they don't have a lot of experience with them and it's going to take them a while to get used to the idea of one who can do their job.
annafii 7
...Did you just compare women to racoons? xD
pyrogirl6622 0
Wow We are still in the 50's? Did not know that. More woman work in male dominated jobs these days. Hell where I work more men are mostly cashiers and women work in meat department and produce then men. Hahaha in our store we are all sending them to the front for the "woman's" work!
LexBvl 4
Women* that's because men are more articulate and women lack communication skills for a week every month.
zombicidal 11
who would put an engineering company in a kitchen
EwanSmith 2
man up!
whisper_White 6
Haha... Not funny. Even though I'd rather be in a kitchen than doing something like engineering it's still wrong that they ignored your qualifications for the job just because your a woman. Men need to learn that we can do just as much as they can.
zombicidal 11
everything besides driving well, parallel parking, map reading and playing real sports