Calling @Sooner

PickyPicky3 — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 05:17:24 GMT

@Sooner I wanted to answer you but thought it better to take it out of the Michigan thread. I don't feel younger than you -- I graduated high school in '65. And thanks to my high school typing teacher who threw me out of class permanently after 3 days, I never learned to type. Maybe she did me a favor.

With dark frizzy hair and glasses, I was never hired for my looks. Female co-workers didn't view me as competition. But I never developed a sense of workplace inferiority because I did my job well, and bosses like that, too. Less work for them.

Once when I was a department manager, I hired a stunning blue-eyed blonde who had a great resume and great skills. And she interviewed well. My fellow managers, male and female, thought I was nuts. "She'll have your job in three months!" they said. Never happened. She made my worklife much easier.

Tall men get an edge; so do pretty women. But when it comes time for promotions and raises, other things count more.

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Sooner — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 06:00:57 GMT

@PickyPicky3 I'll just say in my world, looks gets ahead really often. Looks and buddies! I don't think talent or hard work is always a big factor.

But I've enjoyed discussing with you! Thanks!

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Kachina624 — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:44:24 GMT

I always found internal politics and luck (being at right place at right time) had a lot to do with it.

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