Discrimination In The Workplace: Discrimination in the Workplace

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Unfortunately, I believe there's also a social discrimination CFers are subject to, in the workplace and elsewhere. Many CFers have bosses with children, or have performance reviews dependent on the good press of co-workers with children.

It's difficult to establish even a casual social connection with a boss who has kids, particularly a female. Only through a great deal of feigned interest in the pursuits and bodily functions of children have I been successful in creating a tenuous friendliness between myself and employers who have young kids. That's hard work in itself.

Ordinarily, I'd just stick with my own kind, but I find my performance reviews are much more accurate, comprehensive and fair when I'm on good social terms with the boss.

And unfortunately, being on good social terms with most parents means never, ever letting them know your true feelings about their sense of parental entitlement and the family-oriented perks they receive at work.

-- posted by mmeblueberry