Workplace realness: I came into work this afternoon to a roar of complaints from fellow coworkers about hours being cut due to slow business. One of the senior level employees came over into our department to talk to my manager about the news. I noticed she was very angry and wanted to rant so of course I listened in on the conversation. She was trying to understand why someone like herself was getting hours cut and other employees, specifically a younger and newer employee ( who was a male) did not seem to have many alterations to their schedule. Now I am not attributing her hours being cut because she is a woman, but it did bring my thoughts to this class. I happen to know that she is a very hard worker who always speaks her mind. The male employee however never really says much, but always does what he’s asked. Was it even slightly true that there may be some gender biases or is it just work styles? Do we still deal with that today? Interesting thoughts!