@emily.the.recruiter: The crazy stuff women get judged for at work (I wrote a little book! Although disclaimer my book focusses most on figuring out what career path is right for you, updating your résumé in LinkedIn, applying for jobs, growing in that job and deal dealing with toxic people!) #career #jobsearch
My performance reviews were ALL personality driven
2026-05-26 19:00:49
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alicet198 :
I got told i was too kind to others
2026-05-26 14:50:47
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lucero :
i always get comments on what i eat on work, or when i don’t eat.
2026-05-26 16:28:39
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Tigrmoth :
I was told I’m “dictatorial” and “arrogant” lmao 😭 mind you I’m in a Lead position so my job is literally to drive change
2026-05-27 08:11:29
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taylor :
i was told i’m too giggly! and also, too harsh!
2026-05-27 14:37:35
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lobo 🇩🇰 :
My workplace always gave me the most difficult clients because I was “really good at relationship building and problem solving”. But my performance review said I “wasn’t social enough with colleagues”. So I’m both good and bad at being social?? What
2026-05-26 09:47:09
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alexis :
“You really dominated the conversation.” I was leading the meeting.
2026-05-28 17:40:44
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Madaboutalot :
I was too cold/ methodological and a people pleaser... In the same performance review. I’m still confused 😂
2026-05-26 20:59:20
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Ava Steele ❤︎ :
I was told I was too nice and smile too much once☺️lol need this book
2026-05-25 23:59:31
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amanda :
I once got written up at work because my “sense of humour is too dry”
2026-05-26 12:17:27
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Lexi Carter :
I love that you wrote a book on it 🥰
2026-05-26 00:51:04
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m :
i was aloof and "worked too independently'
2026-06-04 20:05:02
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kbenz83 :
My personality is ALWAYS mentioned in reviews. My “tone”, my “excitement”, etc. Yet when others do THE EXACT SAME THING they aren’t evaluated the same.
2026-05-30 10:44:37
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sonchi :
ive been told i dont smile enough and that im ‘too young’ to jump my classification level so my salary would be the same for 4 years straight 😂
2026-05-26 05:37:36
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🦀 :
I had a coworker’s jaw physically drop when he learned I had a masters degree in our field. I had been hired for a role above his. And he was shocked I was qualified.
2026-05-27 15:28:16
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Jes :
I just don’t care anymore
2026-06-02 07:41:27
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Terry :
Judged for having a life outside of work and posting about it 😭
2026-05-27 04:58:15
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lynda :
on a different note, your hair is beautiful
2026-05-26 07:53:22
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Victoria :
I’m a tech project manager with a background in software engineering and the amount of times developers tell me “it’s really complex, you wouldn’t get it” is astounding
2026-05-26 18:52:37
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hal :
Me hearing the news that I had a “tense energy” for approximately 1 month
2026-05-26 18:36:36
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Sara H :
“You care too much about social relationships and you speak up too much” suddenly devolved into “you’re not integrating yourself in the team or decision-making” and that’s how I knew my performance wasn’t being reviewed my personality was
2026-06-02 18:04:21
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Soph | 🏝️🩰🏋🏻♀️💵 :
I was told I wasn’t positive enough and didn’t smile enough when I was actively grieving a pregnancy loss that they knew about.
2026-05-28 03:29:23
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Cassia :
for the first two years at my current job my boss' main criticism was i wasn't friendly enough with my coworkers. mind you, I said the obligatory good morning and made occasional small talk. but because I wasn't going out of my way to make friends I was being "unfriendly" 😑
2026-05-28 18:11:32
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🐈⬛ :
The personality in performance review gets me so mad, bc why does my personality have to be in the center of said performance when it should be “metrics” base? Like make it make sense
2026-05-27 05:48:26
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Nicoleristine :
I got marked down on performance report for being “too nice”
2026-05-27 01:57:35
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