Corporate Politics - With Women
16 upvotes | February 17, 2020 | by brattykids123
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Sex and relationship life is good. This post is not about that.

This post is specifically about corporate politics, especially with
women. This post is for those in large corporations.

I'm a middle manager. I made it through hard work and good politics,
but I've been stalling for a few months.

I report to not 1, not 2, but 3 superiors who are women, the only one
who's above them is the company CEO. My immediate manager, my second
line, and my third line are all women.

And as a you might expect, it's a fucking nightmare.

Immediate manager (a director) is the ultimate boneheaded process
Karen - doesn't understand a technical thing, interrupts everyone and
everybody in every meeting. I haven't met anybody who likes her - I
have stellar relationships with a lot of VPs in the company and every
single one of them warned me of her. One minute she's shouting, the
other minute she's dovey. One week I'm her favourite person ever, the
next week she sends me 10 flaming emails every day. It's a fucking
nightmare.

Second line, a senior VP, let's call her Hillary, is new to the role,
location wise she is in the same city as Karen and so they go on trips
together to horse races and what not. Karen has her on speed dial and
I can't get through to Hillary at all.

Third line, a board member - doesn't care for anything our
organisation does, and only cares for herself. She's an attack dog who
manages by constantly attacking the other board members.

All of these pretty much got their roles because of affirmative action
crap - they'd never cut it out on skills alone, and they pretty much
add no value whatsover. They are untouchable because women, right?

It drives me nuts. I don't know how to deal with them all. I have
started applying for other jobs and looking around for new
opportunities.

Any tips on how to deal with situations like these are welcome.

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