WARNING: If you are offended by "the B word" then you don't want to read this. It's used many times.
At various times in my life, when changing positions or
getting a new manager, people have told
me my new manager is “a real bitch”.
“She’s impossible to work for,
demanding, a slave driver”, and so on. I
have learned so much from every one of these women. I have
never had a problem with them. Were they
demanding? Yes. Did they require my very best, sometimes more quickly than I
would prefer? Yes. Did they push me out of the nest and make me fly? Yes. Did I
grow? Absolutely.
These women are not
bitches. They expect a lot. They’re smart. They earned their position by knowing
the best way to do things in spite of obstacles. There are people out there, men and women, who
bulldoze over anyone in their way and leave destruction in their path. I have not
had this experience. I hope I never do. The “bitches” I have worked for communicate
directly and ask for what they want. Their directness makes people
uncomfortable. Is this because they are female? I think in part it is.