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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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[–] 1 point 2 months ago

I worked reception at a real estate office. Wow, what a bunch of sketchy types. If you think used car salesman are sharks, wait until you see these guys. Then I waitered for a few years, because there's nothing more thankless than a minimum-wage job with no tips, no joy and a dress code. At least waitering you got tips and a drinking habit.

But both would be 'pink' collar, to some. No one actually in those jobs would say anything so contrived-sounding. This was the early '90s.

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