ONLY WOMAN IN THE OFFICE? WHAT TO EXPECT!

Hello Lovelies, how are we all doing? Happy Easter and hope we are all enjoying our Easter break? This particular article has been siting in my draft since November before I was called for my NYSC (It's a compulsory programme for all Nigerian Post Graduate / Graduates) 

 Yeah, so today on the site I will be going in details of my experience being the only lady in a male dominated Organization / Company. Truthfully, being the only woman in the office is not a cushy job neither is it for the faint hearted. 

NB. These happened at one of my work place, before I was called up for NYSC, as I am currently working in a different organization.

MY EXPERIENCE:

          1.      You’d definitely hear staff murmuring under their breath “why would a woman be doing a man’s job” Trust me! I am already used to it, in fact, I love the statement already. In my perspective I take it as a huge compliment! So, they can keep running their wet mouth because it's of no use.

             2.      You Guys! If I can count the number of times I’ve been told to smile randomly. It’s just irking because I always keep a straight face whenever I am fully in my element working. I mean, who smiles trying to delegate?

        3.      I have been bluntly accused of being rude; my loves, let me explain this incident. So I was in my office yeah, I heard a client walk in asking questions bigger than this staff could handle and this staff was/is just a casual worker not even trained to speak to clients. Anyway, as the staff  in the right position I quickly jumped in, politely dismissed the casual staff and attended to the client immediately. When I was done with that, I explained to the casual worker that he hasn’t been oriented on such duty and to next time direct the clients to the superiors. My loves, next thing I heard minutes later from a reliable source was that I was rude. Lol. What can I do than to just burst into laughter cause I understand where it was coming from and why.

          4 .    I can assure you when there’s a brief gathering or general meeting, do not be surprised when you get interrupted or talked over, trust me I take back my power and over rule them . Also, know this, that your comments, Ideas and sometimes opinions might be second guessed, just because you are around a table full of men, smh the effortery!

           5.      There’s always that one guy that tries to separate himself from the others, with the impression that he is better and he appreciates you as a female worker. My loves, those ones are to be feared because they work with the devil directly. 

Hope you enjoyed this brief work series post.

Talk to you in my next post, be you, be safe, be kind, stay blessed and remain humble.
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