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Scream

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The workplace can be such a toxic place when it comes to dealing with mental abuse. Here are a few heart breaking things that people had said to me at the workplace. Trust me it has made me a stronger person. Let’s all Scream together and get all of this off our chest.

“I have had a manager tell me before that I did not deserve a raise or promotion.”

“A guy has told me before at an interview that “I would not be a good a fit”.

“My manager striped my pride by demoting me”.

“Why do not women want to be in and Information technology field”.

“Can you lift 75 lbs by yourself and push this cart around”.

What is something hurtful someone has said to you at workplace?

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Can’t Hold Us Down

No one likes having conflict at work, I know I do not. This industry can be stressful especially for a woman in Information Technology. We have to keep continuing to fight for our rights to be in this industry.

Working in a field that can be referred to as a “Good Ole Boys Club” or “It’s a Man’s World” industry. Women often face issues with trying to find our place in this industry where men dominant this field. I can relate to the growing pains of this industry from being discriminated against, put down, lied on, cheated on, abused, scorn, ganged up on, up and down.

I have been through so much in my industry that I have had several mental break downs because of the industry. It’s hard to just be the only woman on your team with whole lot of men. Not having anyone to relate to who you work with. Sometimes I would do my work and be so overwhelmed at times I would go to the restroom to go cry to relive myself from the hurt and pain I am feeling from my job. Superwoman also has her days when she has to still put that cape on and hold the world down. I still put on my big girl panties at the end of the day to make it through all of this.

Women have been fighting for equal rights for along time and still continuing to fight the good fight. Stand your ground and let your voices be heard. We have arrived and are not going anywhere. We deserve respect, equal pay opportunities, raises and promotions.

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Stealing My Peace of Mind

Sexually harassment is never a topic people want to talk about in the workplace. Yes it happens! Sexual harassment can leave to working in an hostile environment. A lot of companies tend to over look the situation because people are used to getting sexual favors in the office from someone who is not their spouse.

I was working my first internship at a company that I was excited about working for. I was the only woman on my team as usual. Yes, I was approached by older men on a regular basis trying to shoot their shots at me. I would would get invites to go to happy hours, lunch, to go look at something, etc. Not knowing at the time that this was a form of sexually harassment. The main thing they would come over was to look at my boobs at my desk. Of course sexual harassment is not being taught about in college and of course I was young and naive.

One day I was approached by a lady who worked at the site. She wanted to talk to me woman to woman. I was like what did I do. So I went to go to her office to meetup with me. She starts to talk about my suit and how revealing some of my clothes were and the rumors she has been hearing about the intern being fine. She asked me was all of this going on in the workplace and I told her yes. One thing that she had offered to do was go take me shopping to go buy some better clothes to cover up my boobs more and she paid for the clothes. Also my desk space was removed from the directory to stop the old dirt men who used to come by and bother me.

More real life harassment stories will be coming soon… stay tuned.

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Cece’s Goodie Cart

Yes, I have changed my name to fit the blog but this one takes me down memory lane and was deemed the name “Cece” by the those who worked at the Trap House. Yes, a lot of my friends know about the Trap House and knows anything goes down at this place.

I named my cart the Goodie cart because it was loaded with plenty of equipment for me to setup a center area. When I would have the cart walking around I would have people begging for something but these people were happy about these second hand and out of date equipment. Sometimes I would walk around and play the Goodies song just for fun to see who saw that I was making my rounds.

I was also the first Female IT person to have ever worked at this place ever. I am proud that I did I go good and opened up the place to people see that women can do the work in this field. The people of site gave me the name CeCe. I also loved working here because it was never a dull moment. Stay tuned for more stories about the Trap House coming soon.

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