Q&complAints #714: Corporate Ladder Safety

What is the most important thing to know about ladder safety?

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. . .here are my thoughts.

What is the most important thing to know about ladder safety?

Climbing the corporate ladder isn’t great for those scared of heights. Why not use an elevator in the metaphor; the safety mechanisms on those things are impeccable. On the way up the ladder, you’re sure to spend time as a middle manager. Remember, safety first—always maintain at least three points of contact. You wouldn’t want to fall off before reaching the relative safety of the C-Suite. But what about the inherent sexism in the term manager? Man[ager], not woman[ager]. Seems problematic. Then we have –ager, indicating an age or stage of life.

Manager = older man

I guess ciswhitemanager wouldn’t fit on the business card. But we can’t exactly go around calling a female manager a womanager, can we? Or … ? Or … ! You read it here first, folks. Get your plebeian asses out there and spread the good word to your lady-bosses. Remember, though, that when you’re inevitably fired for insubordination or sexual harassment, you were the ones who decided to take advice from some idiot on the Internet. Fortunately the elevator’s safety wedges, steel hoist ropes, and safety chains won’t let you fall far.


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