Email lists
Oct. 20th, 2007 09:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yesthattomAt work we have a lot of email lists. Each team has a list, often an additional one that is strictly just the team, no voyeurs. Each manager has a “me and my direct reports” list, and often a “me, my directs, and everyone below them, (transitive closure for you math geeks)”. There’s a “miscellaneous discussion” list for the entire company, for each building. There’s a “ miscellaneous discussion” list just for engineers. Since there is a self-service web page that lets you create a list and set attributes like “anyone can join” and “permit posts from inside the company only” so there are just tons of lists. In fact, and I think this may be the shameful part, there are more mailing lists than there are employees.
There’s one for every club, including the black employees group, the LGBTI employees group, and the Women In Engineering group.
Well, since half our company is engineers, and the other half are sales, it was only a matter of time before women in the sales half of our company created a list. It’s called “girl tips” and I’m told that so far most of the discussion has been where to get the best manicure, makeup, and so on. It started in my building and now there is a “girl tips” mailing list for each of the major sales offices (or offices big enough to have both sales and engineering).
The women in engineering that have heard about this (very new) phenomena have all sort of shrugged and/or made disparaging remarks. Not one of them has screamed, “Squee! I’ve gotta join and get tips on where to host my next spa party”.
What does this say about female engineers that I hang out with?
Discuss.
There’s one for every club, including the black employees group, the LGBTI employees group, and the Women In Engineering group.
Well, since half our company is engineers, and the other half are sales, it was only a matter of time before women in the sales half of our company created a list. It’s called “girl tips” and I’m told that so far most of the discussion has been where to get the best manicure, makeup, and so on. It started in my building and now there is a “girl tips” mailing list for each of the major sales offices (or offices big enough to have both sales and engineering).
The women in engineering that have heard about this (very new) phenomena have all sort of shrugged and/or made disparaging remarks. Not one of them has screamed, “Squee! I’ve gotta join and get tips on where to host my next spa party”.
What does this say about female engineers that I hang out with?
Discuss.
