Reply to: Ambitious women

[AlfredJPruffock]

There is a tendency unfortuantely for women to be 'extra'aggresive' when they get promoted to prove that thery are as as good and tough as their male counterparts.

I find all aspects of Ambition pretty shoddy irrespective of their gender.

Are you perhaps - Ambitous ?

Have you noticed that it always leaves you feeling unsatisfied ?

Like an itch you cannot scratch ?

So - Away with Ambition !

[Jog On]

Give her 5 years and she’ll be CEO of a merchant bank.

I can't stand people who won't accept when they've made a mistake and try and go on a face saving offensive as a result

[Mich the Tester]

Not only that but she allocated us a room to put all our kit in then when her boss told her that it shouldn't go into that room she complained to the client manager that we'd put the kit in the room she told us to

Stupid stupid stupid woman

Give her 5 years and she’ll be CEO of a merchant bank.

[Jog On]

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Not only that but she allocated us a room to put all our kit in then when her boss told her that it shouldn't go into that room she complained to the client manager that we'd put the kit in the room she told us to

Stupid stupid stupid woman

[Mich the Tester]

There's one here who's a facilities manager and she's notorious for being extremely rude, obnoxious and unpleasant.

We've been given the all clear to ignore her and walk away mid sentence if she gives us any more grief.

I wouldn't call her ambitious just gratuitously unpleasant. And she loves me for cracking the glass in one of the meeting rooms with a pallet truck

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[Jog On]

There's one here who's a facilities manager and she's notorious for being extremely rude, obnoxious and unpleasant.

We've been given the all clear to ignore her and walk away mid sentence if she gives us any more grief.

I wouldn't call her ambitious just gratuitously unpleasant. And she loves me for cracking the glass in one of the meeting rooms with a pallet truck

[Pogle]

My golden rule of contracting is
Never ever work for a female or asian manager

To prove that they are worthy of the post
they will push you hard and work you to death.

Having fun under that bridge?

[Torran]

My golden rule of contracting is
Never ever work for a female or asian manager

To prove that they are worthy of the post
they will push you hard and work you to death.

yes, yes as they are all the same

eejit.

[Andy2]

My golden rule of contracting is
Never ever work for a female or asian manager

To prove that they are worthy of the post
they will push you hard and work you to death.

[jmo21]

most of the decent managers i've worked with of either sex have always been contractors. Permie managers tend to be smug as well as arrogant, wheresas the contract management "go that extra mile" (sorry for the permie speak)

I'd agree with that too - contractor PM's (like any contractor) don't have to worry (as much!) about the slimey politics of big corps.

They enjoy having the word "manager" in their title, and are trying to get as much power as they can.

[jmo21]

reminds me of a hopeless PM I had once, who happened to be a woman.

Totally useless at the job so she was, and she was a contractor too.

but the oddest part about her was she had all the mannerisms of a 14 year old. huffy, made faces when things weren't going her way, stood with her mobile phone checking in the way kids do, phone in hand, staring at it intently.

(waiting for comment along the lines of "aren't all women like that?")

[Mich the Tester]

My girly (the senior police officer type) has just been promoted and I agree with the first part, that when they are good they are very very good, but disagree with the second part, because when she's really bad: she's better...

I know a chap who dated one of the few women to have reached the board of a blue chip corporation. Apparently she was a fiery dictator on the workfloor and a bit of a ‘sub’ in the bedroom, if you catch my drift.

Obviously, I shan't name him or her; wouldn't be fair (privacy and all that), but is there a causal link? Are many of those bitchy female managers complete sexslaves at home?

[threaded]

When they are good, they are very very good
But when they are bad they are horrid!

My girly (the senior police officer type) has just been promoted and I agree with the first part, that when they are good they are very very good, but disagree with the second part, because when she's really bad: she's better...

[stingman123]

When they are good, they are very very good
But when they are bad they are horrid!

Like my kids!

most of the decent managers i've worked with of either sex have always been contractors. Permie managers tend to be smug as well as arrogant, wheresas the contract management "go that extra mile" (sorry for the permie speak)

[zara_backdog]

I've only ever worked under one female project manager and she was the best of all, also a contractor, and commanded tremendous respect. In fact, most managers that I have worked under I have had tremendous respect for.
Perhaps I have been lucky !!

When they are good, they are very very good
But when they are bad they are horrid!