#workplaceculture

[makingsenseofwhathappened]

The performance review said you were “pleasant under pressure.” You thought about telling them it was acting. But why ruin a standing ovation?

[wwindow-pain]

just realized the restaurant age gape equivalent of

“i was in medical school before you were born”

is

“i’ve been rolling silverware since before you were born

and i don’t think that’s as hot😔

[futurefatboyfriend]

HR did not need to get involved 🙏

[sketch1991]

How I feel about going to work today? Meh ...

[hello-friends9500]

[coffeepizzaandwine]

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It’s about staying present without losing yourself.

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[test-account-wip]

I’m sorry @outer-andromeda. I couldn’t help myself but meme your art. 🤣

[bonnibelleangelica]

Over-sensitive

When you’re part of a marginalized group: disabled, queer, POC- you’re often advised to tolerate discomfort “just this one time.”

But it’s never just one time.

Do they think they’re the first to tell me to let things slide? Keep it to myself? Grin and bear it? I would love to have this be a one time issue. Hell yeah I’d tough it out and reap the rewards, but they’re underestimating how discrimination has bled into every aspect of my life.

I was advised yesterday that if my manager was unfairly targeting me for behavior that was not only allowed, everyone else was doing it at all times, I should just not do it. “Don’t be like everyone else,” they said. But they also said that I was over-sensitive and that this bias wasn’t real. This coworker went on to joke later that she never gets in trouble and she doesn’t know why.

See how it’s not a fair request? Because the advice she was giving was not just for work, it was for my whole life. To avoid being targeted, stay still, stay quiet, stay perfectly behaved. Forever.

But hey, maybe I’m just over-sensitive….