I’m late 20s, female, work in mathematics and computer science.
I had a good career up until my last role, where I was promoted into management and promoted again into senior management and led multiple teams. (in government, where I had a large amount of female colleagues).
I left that role last year for a better paying position in the private sector - where I’d say it’s more male dominated. It’s still a government-adjacent company and my previous experience was desirable and dare I say, more higher level than what the new role offers.
I have been in role for 6 months and find myself struggling with the culture, it’s like without fail my looks or my gender means I am not being taken seriously. There’s some seriously shit men on the team, who are seen as the authority, so it’s like the blind leading the blind. My experience is seen as useful but lesser than project managers for example, who I’d say are the worst at treating me differently.
It’s things like, the micromanagement from peers even though I’m on the same level as them, which comes out in things like not being invited to planning meetings, my work being completed to a high standard but then refusing to close the “ticket” on Jira etc.
One was placed into a 2 month long “feedback” phase without my knowledge, and even then all the feedback was highly positive and miles better than their previous work, no changes needed. It still took weeks to just close the ticket after that even though it was widely praised as impressive work. No one else on the team is treated like this with such scrutiny, as soon as the work is done, the item is closed. Other things obviously have occurred, I’m generally not included in meetings or am seen as low priority. I don’t feel comfortable that my concerns would be taken seriously if I raised them.