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This Guy Discovered Working As A Woman Can Suck

'I was in hell.'
Swapping names had surprising results for two colleagues.
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Swapping names had surprising results for two colleagues.

Here's a thread worth considering.

Martin and colleague Nicole swapped email sign-offs and experienced some unexpected, but sadly unsurprising results.

We did an experiment: For two weeks we switched names. I signed all client emails as Nicole. She signed as me.

Folks. It fucking sucked.

— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017

By the time she could get clients to accept that she knew what she was doing, I could get halfway through another client.

— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017

I wasn't any better at the job than she was, I just had this invisible advantage.

— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017

The thread (and it's a long thread but well worth the read) has prompted support and debate, but one response pretty much sums up the overall vibe.

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