TopSalesRep
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? PA
Hello,
I work for a Fortune 500 Company in a male-dominated industry as a salesperson. Over the past several years, I have noticed my boss handling situations one way with me, but totally opposite with my male coworkers (I'm a woman). I am the only woman on my team, and the only female salesperson in our office. Here are a few examples of what he has done:
1. I once had a customer cancel on an event last minute due to a work emergency. The event had already been paid for, but when I turned it in on my expenses my boss made me pay it back to the company since the customer did not attend. When this happened to my male coworker he was not made to pay the company back.
2. My male coworkers were getting promotions, even though their product lines were losing money. My product line was making money, a lot of it, so I asked for a promotion and was told "no" by my boss. I was distinguished as the top sales rep for my product line out of all reps in the USA during the same time frame that I asked for the promotion.
3. My boss would not approve my Uber ride to and from the airport while I was traveling out of state for work. However, he approved my male coworker's Uber ride so he could attend a baseball game and not have to worry about parking his car or drinking and driving. There were no customers in the Uber ride of my coworker.
This is just a short list of the things he has done that seem unequal and unfair. He once told me I had the strongest relationships with customers out of anyone else in our office, and that it was probably because I'm a woman. I think he's threatened by me, although I'm certainly not after his job position. There is much more to the story of why I am asking, but I want to make this as discreet as possible.
Do you think I have a case against him?
Hello,
I work for a Fortune 500 Company in a male-dominated industry as a salesperson. Over the past several years, I have noticed my boss handling situations one way with me, but totally opposite with my male coworkers (I'm a woman). I am the only woman on my team, and the only female salesperson in our office. Here are a few examples of what he has done:
1. I once had a customer cancel on an event last minute due to a work emergency. The event had already been paid for, but when I turned it in on my expenses my boss made me pay it back to the company since the customer did not attend. When this happened to my male coworker he was not made to pay the company back.
2. My male coworkers were getting promotions, even though their product lines were losing money. My product line was making money, a lot of it, so I asked for a promotion and was told "no" by my boss. I was distinguished as the top sales rep for my product line out of all reps in the USA during the same time frame that I asked for the promotion.
3. My boss would not approve my Uber ride to and from the airport while I was traveling out of state for work. However, he approved my male coworker's Uber ride so he could attend a baseball game and not have to worry about parking his car or drinking and driving. There were no customers in the Uber ride of my coworker.
This is just a short list of the things he has done that seem unequal and unfair. He once told me I had the strongest relationships with customers out of anyone else in our office, and that it was probably because I'm a woman. I think he's threatened by me, although I'm certainly not after his job position. There is much more to the story of why I am asking, but I want to make this as discreet as possible.
Do you think I have a case against him?