[salukigirl]

i have worked at this pizza place for 2 years. i have worked in pizza for over 4 years. i havent gotten a raise since oct. 2006. well this guy became a manager less than 6 months ago. steals food, messes up on money etc etc... he got promoted to a salary assistant manager OVER ME and is now making more than me. less than 6 months!!!!! are you freaking kidding me!!!! I have worked my *** off for 2 years to have some jerk face get promoted over me?!

he called off once saying his alternator was broken. when asked for the reciept he admitted he was lying. he took these flyers to pass out and instead threw them away and walked around for an hour. and this guy gets paid more than me? wtf. i have never been written up at any job i have ever had. never had money problems. never had ANY problems.

and people tell me sexism isnt around anymore? sometimes i wish i were an idiot. i wish i were oblivious and didnt know any better. because this is eating away at me. and i hate it. i wish i had the ability to watch men get promoted above me and not realize why it was happening.

need i also mention that my old general manager left and i ran the store for 8 bucks an hour, no complaints. well they were looking for a GM somewhere else and i said "i can watch the store while youre looking so you dont have to rush and find someone who isnt as good as you need". they said no. you want to know who they brought in? a man in his 30's who had previously been fired for having sex with MINORS in the store!!! and then he just got fired again for different reasons. and they still refused to give me the store! i cannot believe how sexist people are still! im livid if you can't tell. and now im in the mood for some good ol fashioned protesting.

[youOme]

Protest away then...this all seems entirely to unfair.

[DePressMe]

salukigirl...what can I say? That bites. You sound like you have been a dedicated employee. I am sorry you are going through this. I don't really have any answers, but I wanted you to know that I read your post and I would be upset if something like that happened to me!

[salukigirl]

thanks guys. seems like I work with all guys and when I complain to them of course they dont feel that its a big deal. (why would they, it effects them in a positive way).

and then i started thinking. when i was 17 I worked at this other pizza place for 2 years also. this jerk of a manager came in and started making comments about my *** and the other girls that worked there. i told him to stop and he did it 2 seconds later just to rub it in my face. went to my GM, blew it off. went to human resources, blew it off. so i quit. he, meanwhile, got a promotion and a raise and im labeled a trouble maker and never allowed to work there ever again. now that i think about it i should have sued that company for everything its worth but its too late now. and the other girls were the kind who didnt care because it was attention from a guy (even though he was in his 30's) so they wouldnt back me up. they loved him talking about them. so im the bad guy because i was sexually harassed at work.

y'know i thought sexism was dead. recently i have been proven very wrong. i even tested this theory. I went into some places filling out applications in jeans and a t-shirt, no make up on or anything. never got a call back. so i went in with make up on, my hair all straightened and nice, tank top with my boobs popping out and i got a job the first place i went to on the spot. hired by a guy.

[youOme]

It's not dead hun...I work in a company, a union, and I have endured alot of sexual harassment during my year there. Especially by teenage boys. I'm one of the few women that work in the very male dominated company and I work with the men stocking and merchandise. It's hard to deal with because when it happens I'm terrified to say anything. Even the manager acts weird to me and gives me "extras", that I don't ask for. I've practically become numb over the year and basically get down right %#@&#! when they go over the line. I figure I have to protect myself since no one else will. Most of the other women are older so they don't endure what we young ones do...but when they witness it, they do nothing. I've cried to an older seniority (female) before about the men in the back calling me a "slut"...and she said nothing. I feel you're pain, it's effin ridiculous but it's apart of being a woman and that's what makes us strong as well.

[GregBauder]

Dear SALUKIGIRL,
Perhaps when you apply for work you might be more selective and seek female employers. It's a shame that
women are often treated unfairly and without equal pay for doing the same work. As for the jerk being promoted ahead
of you, you might want to be assertive and tell your boss you are more capable than that guy is. If you are still willing to work there. -Greg

[I_WMD]

salukigirl I know we differ in opinions ,,,But may I please.?

.As far as equel pay for equal work,,,,My g/f now f/g She use to get so pis-sed at me for the time I worked and money I brought into the house,,( I worked a whole dif world ) She was a nurse RN and an ekg monitor tech,,,I installed Tile. I worked 5 to 6 hrs aday and brought home ,,,not going to say,,,But she felt I made too much for the time I worked and the fun I had at work. And after work.

.My way to fix it was to take a month or two off from time to time in order to equal out the annual income to be more the same ........... Fair to me ,,,,,,,,,, no. Made her feel better,,, not really..... For now I had more time to have fun and less stress. She went on vacations that I didn't , for someone had to take care of pets. Seem fair ? I call it life.

.Harrassment thing >>>>>> I old fashion as to that .
.Get yourself a Bud that hates Jerks as much as you or I and have them follow these pieces of neanderthals to there local hangouts and just Leave a mark!!! That way when they come into work you can make an off the collar remark like " Hey did some Ladies B/f or husband make you feel s m a l l ">>>>> .

.Now put both of these scenarios into play..Does either make any sense?

Nope. You T.C.O.B. or Trust ,,, Karma is a BIT_H !

Given my age.. and my profession choice.... I broke ground.. in the male "old boys" network... it was not easy.. I worked in a department with 350 people.. within a huge corporation... and perhaps 10 percent of the 350 were female... so.. I had to be better... more dedicated.. and very tough skinned to "make it"... often I would be in a meeting with 50 or so men.. and me the only woman... I fought.. and fought hard for women's rights....I got promoted... but.. there was a glass ceiling.. I got. the "stinky on-call. - the holidays.. the installations.. I got jokes about breasts and butts.. I got a male telling me about his "hot" dream about me..... I got excluded from lunch with the guys because quote " they felt uncomfortable about checking out the women when I was there.. unquote"...and they were married..I got excudled from the weekly poker party... which would have been fine.. BUT management was the host of the party.. thereby making it inapporpriate... since business was also discussed at the poker party...

My manager.. told me I made less pay because I was a woman and that was just the way it is...... I got more hours - I was salary... I cleaned up the men's messes when they screwed up.. I covered for my male manager.. who drank..

I got called "sweet thing", "honey", and a bunch of other names... yet.. the males on the team... didn't get called those names...so though.. I was project manager and had responsibility for the team... in a meeting.. my manager.. called me "sweet thing"...

In one review.. I pointed out... "ah, there are no women in middle management"... and a token one was appointed..

My point in this long post... is I am very, very sorry to hear that sexism still exists... women such as myself fought long and hard.. to even the scale... and yet... there it is...

there it is... alive.. and still breathing..

this does not "fix" your problem.... just know.. that other women.. have also gone thru sexism on the job...and fought long and hard to make it go away...