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Men in pink collar positions, what's your experience? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Pink collar positions are office jobs that have been dominated by women for the past 70 years or so--secretary, receptionist, administrative assistant, scheduler, etc.

In my life, I've only ever met a single man who worked as a receptionist in a medical office.

Recently in a thread about AI showing bias against job applications, someone mentioned male names being thrown in the discard pile for women's positions.

If you're a man who is in the field OR has tried to get into it, what's your experiece been?

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago

I've been at my current workplace in the education field for over 5 years (so no experience with AI bias during applications), and I at least thought I was a guy at the time I started it. Recently, I mostly work with STEM subject with high school students, so not really even pink color, but when I started I was primarily doing English and I've also worked with elementary students over the years, so I think it counts.

Honestly didn't have any problem getting the job. I got like 2 other job offers at basically the same time. I've moved up in within the company since starting (I knew I wasn't a man by then, but my work didn't) which basically just adds underpaid secretary work onto the rest of my workload.

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