Korporate Fluff
Mar. 17th, 2007 12:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blacklillySo, the kompany runs a training program every year for a select band of its employees, and this year I happen to be one of them. It's called the "Grand Skip" (not really) and provides said trainees with lots of extra teaching input and business related bits. From the point of view of my teaching career this can only be a good thing, as input in good (I sound like a komputer) and it will no doubt look good on my CV, and help me along with future positions, if I choose to stay with the kompany for another year (or longer).
We have a meeting in Maihama, Tokyo next week. Maihama is near Tokyo Disneyland and looks like a pain in the ass to get to. The meeting starts at 12pm, and having to travel over 200km by bus to get these will mean I'm looking at getting the 6.30am bus. Which means getting up at 5.30am. Which means getting organised the day before, which is a public holiday and during which I was planning to be bed bound.
Anyway, on the invitation it said, under the IMPORTANT section, that female teachers are requested to wear skirt suits to the meeting. Okay, I wear skirts to work, but this comment got my back up instantly. I think I read it and cried out "WHAT THE-" and had to stifle the rest. Why? This smacks of rampant sexism to me. As I've ranted on before, clothes do not maketh the (wo)man, and I see no reason for the request, other than that maybe the head honcho likes looking at girls knees.
It was pointed out to me, when I said I was going to have words, that it might not do to kick off before the training course has even begun. And it was also said:
"But your wear skirts to work sometimes."
"Yeah," I replied, "but not when I'm TOLD to."
It has yet again made me realise that I hate being told what to do. If someone tells me to do something I'll want to do the complete opposite. I'm going to find the biggest piercings I've got, dye my hair pink and turn up in trousers and Docs. And promptly get put on a plane back home.
Oh, god! I'm becoming a korporate bunny!
We have a meeting in Maihama, Tokyo next week. Maihama is near Tokyo Disneyland and looks like a pain in the ass to get to. The meeting starts at 12pm, and having to travel over 200km by bus to get these will mean I'm looking at getting the 6.30am bus. Which means getting up at 5.30am. Which means getting organised the day before, which is a public holiday and during which I was planning to be bed bound.
Anyway, on the invitation it said, under the IMPORTANT section, that female teachers are requested to wear skirt suits to the meeting. Okay, I wear skirts to work, but this comment got my back up instantly. I think I read it and cried out "WHAT THE-" and had to stifle the rest. Why? This smacks of rampant sexism to me. As I've ranted on before, clothes do not maketh the (wo)man, and I see no reason for the request, other than that maybe the head honcho likes looking at girls knees.
It was pointed out to me, when I said I was going to have words, that it might not do to kick off before the training course has even begun. And it was also said:
"But your wear skirts to work sometimes."
"Yeah," I replied, "but not when I'm TOLD to."
It has yet again made me realise that I hate being told what to do. If someone tells me to do something I'll want to do the complete opposite. I'm going to find the biggest piercings I've got, dye my hair pink and turn up in trousers and Docs. And promptly get put on a plane back home.
Oh, god! I'm becoming a korporate bunny!
