So I'm into the second week of my six week temp job for a franchise, where there is only two staff onsite (the front desk person and the licensed person). Today, the branch manager visited the site to check in with the licensed guy and the two of them apparently didn't care that a woman was in the office (me). They are both in their early 30s and their conversation was littered with a few curse words and references to every kindergartener's favorite word, "poop."

I'm in hell. I'm 51 years old and I'm in hell.

Yes, I could quit, and thus end the only income I could generate after being released from three years of substitute teaching (another level of Dante's Divine comedy since substitute teaching is its own level of hellscape).

And believe me. I want to quit. But I need the $$ for the next six weeks. And yes, I'm furiously applying for jobs (always have been). I joined another temp agency but the recruiter I spoke to blatantly told me she wasn't going to present me for the types of roles I have experience in, because according to her, I don't have enough experience (I do, it's just older than 5 years, so her ageism is showing and she's violating the EEOC policies written to protect older workers like myself).

That brings me to this question, the two misogynist guys and the ageist temporary recruiter demonstrated different biases today. Ironically, they did this WHILE I was watching an onboarding video about that very topic: biases in the workplace. Part of this franchise's attempt at diversity training of their employees.

The kicker is, even if I wanted to get hired on at another location I can't. Not until the temp agency's six month contract expires with this company. They won't pay the release fee required to direct-hire temporary employees b/c that can cost upwards of $5-7K just for one person.

So, I have to make the best of this temp job from hell. Suck it up, buttercup. That's what I have to do. I need the next six weeks of income so I can at minimum get another temp job lined up and maximum, find a real career-eque job.

Types of biases:

Confirmation Bias.
Similarity-Attraction Bias.
Conformity Bias.
Affinity Bias.
Contrast Effect.
Halo and Horns Effect.
Attribution Bias.