Being treated with respect, and not being taken for granted

Joanne52·Jan 12·2 replies

I have a lot of pent-up resentment because it feels like I'm often mistaken to be the Assistant or the person who'll pick up any slack. How do you set the boundaries straight upfront so that male colleagues don't assume you're the worker bee, the EA, etc? I feel like so many times at least I end up having to snarl/"bare teeth" so that others behave...and this is mostly because I've not set this straight upfront and people just treat you poorly and take you for granted

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