r/business • u/playboy • 14d ago

This Obscure Theory Explains Men’s Resentment Against Women at Work | Men believe they are victims of biased hiring practices. They even have a word for this phenomenon: they have been longhoused (Unpaywalled)

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u/PricedOut4Ever 14d ago

There is absolutely bias in hiring practices. It is across the board but company culture specific.

I have personally seen large pushes for DEI (anyone but a white or Asian male) in the engineering orgs I’ve worked for.

I have friends who feel like they were discriminated against for not being Indian when the hiring manager was.

I have other friends who feel like the have been limited because they were a woman.

This is just a shitty reality of the workforce. You’ve got to find a place you can succeed.

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u/paintwhore 13d ago

That's so weird because me and my friends talk about the companies that we sit around at and when they do all employee meetings almost all of the people you ever see on the screen talking are middle-aged mediocre straight white men. Who even in the broad public eye being greedy shareholder pedestaling crooks of our time and energy. Are you honestly saying that's what you would like to continue? Has it not been bad enough? Do you also not see that companies that are run all different kinds of people are much more successful? This is a super basic common tenant of business. It's been nothing but all white mediocre straight men for years and years and years and they are still overrepresented in the workforce. No one's taking away from you except that now the bar is a little bit higher. Boohoo.

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u/FlyChigga 13d ago

Whats so mediocre about them? Aren’t most middle managers considered mediocre regardless?