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by burnoutgal 1571 days ago
I have been the token woman interviewing a woman and also joined teams where the only other woman interviewed me. It always struck me more as "look, we have one and she's not mouthing 'get out' so we're a good employer".

Usually once I join the one other woman leaves and the cycle repeats.
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WrtCdEvrydy 1571 days ago
> "look, we have one and she's not mouthing 'get out' so we're a good employer".

Yes, we have done this in the past with minorities...

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tomnipotent 1570 days ago
How else would you recommend they approach the situation? Should the other woman not have been bothered to interview you?

Maybe a more generous interpretation is that people are flawed, and they're making an effort as imperfect as it is. I I feel the alternative is a catch-22, and everybody be damned regardless of the motive, effort, our outcome - nothing will be good enough.

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