How male dominated is your workplace and does it bother you?
I personally find it really annoying that my whole adult life I have to live in environments with upwards of 75% male over representation. Then again I never worked with women so I do not know what it is like.
But for example, my social circle is much more gender balanced, and the atmosphere is much more pleasant when we are together. And I do not think it is because the people individually are different. I think it is just that in the workplace the is a lack of something to the social dynamics that women usually contribute.
Very male dominated. The culture is not good, men speak fast, often cut each other off and finish each other's sentences. There's a bit of blame and other negativity. I think women would probably find it uncomfortable if watching it on a TV. When there was a woman working with us, she was often put on a pedestal, given unequal room to talk but otherwise ignored and generally had lower expectations on her projects. I don't really know what to make of it, but probably we ought to change how we interact, as it's not approachable by someone who isn't also in a cutthroat mode where they are competing for airtime. I'm not sure why people treated a woman differently either; many of the men in the office have partners, I wonder if that was a factor.
Sometimes I ask what about nursing, kindergarten teachers.
Do they have the same conversation? For being female dominated ? Are people trying to change it
A workplace requires different motivations, skills, expectations, and goals from those of a friend group. The qualities that make for a good worker in a tech company aren't necessarily going to make for a good fit as a friend.
My workplace is mostly men. No it does not bother me. Men bring valuable traits to the workplace that have historically been shown to be quite effective to solve technical problems.
No one's stopping women. And we have quite a few competent females as well, but it's mostly men.
In my non work time I mostly socialize with other men. My wife and I will socialize with mixed groups obviously and I am friends with all my friends wives. But honestly a mixed sex friend group is not going to happen for me.
> How male dominated is your workplace
Every job I've had is male dominated.
> and does it bother you?
No, because all the places I've worked at included mature coworkers who know how to act professionally in a workplace, especially toward women, who are often the minority but still have equal say and compensation.
Very female dominated. If you're a white male, chances of promotion are not nearly as good as others.
A major corporation I once worked for tried to convince us we were a family. We were not.
Your workplace is not your social circle, even if you do become friends with some of your co-workers. Until you can internalize that fact, you're going to continue to be unhappy.
Perhaps another valid question is: should I bother about it?
The company I work at currently is probably about 50/50 with the men more in tech and the women more in admin/support type roles. Leadership leans a bit female with a lady as our CEO. It feels less like a psychopathic cult than most other places I’ve worked so I’d say that’s a plus.
Entirely male dominated except for our office manager / receptionist. But everyone is pleasant to work with so it's not a problem.
Very different to when I worked for a FAANG which was full of highly competitive, ruthless, borderline psychopathic men. Was very glad to leave that nest of snakes.