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[–] 11027516? 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

I wish this weren't true because I do know a few decent geologists and engineers who are women, but in my industry filling diversity quotas is getting out of hand.

Here's an example without being too specific:

Black woman with a 4.0 in engineering from SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (a school literally anyone can get a 4.0 from) was hired into the largest Exploration & Production Oil company in my city. As part of the training all engineers have to do a field assignment which means 2 weeks on a drilling platform or drillship and 2 weeks at home. She kept postponing her field training and when the company finally insisted she just... didn't go. She never went offshore and just stayed at home the whole time. The rig foreman assumed she had successfully postponed her field assignment and the office managers thought she was doing it. It took them SIX MONTHS TO FIRE HER because they didn't want to fire a black woman, even though she literally wasn't going to work.

After she was finally fired a lot of the woman in the Diversity Group were angry because a black woman was fired - she was going thru a bad divorce, ya know?

Like holy shit leave that at the door. If Bob, Steve or John were going thru a divorce, no one would think twice about firing him.

I'm sick of hearing about the poor oppressed women in oil and gas - you make 6 figures for planning networking events as an "engineer," DO NOT FUCKING TELL ME how oppressed you are.

Bob, Steve and John are all supporting wives and kids and you're all single working women - so do the women they have at home they are supporting not matter?

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[–] 11028133? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Lol I work in oil too and have observed similar trends with the women Geo's and engineers. We have a ton.

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[–] 11030782? ago 

Like holy shit leave that at the door. If Bob, Steve or John were going thru a divorce, no one would think twice about firing him.

Hit the nail on the head brother. Feels before skills is the MO for these places except men