An American businesswoman called out a group of men who accidentally shared a screen where they candidly commented on her appearance during a Zoom meeting.
Whitney Sharp, a 28-year-old recruiter from Boston, was talking to potential clients when they started using the Microsoft Teams channel to discuss her looks.
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Sharpe told BuzzFeed that she felt uncomfortable sharing all of the men’s comments, but one of them described her as a “fucking bomb”.
At the end of the meeting, Sharp informed prospects that she had seen “unpleasant” messages and had wanted to speak to a female representative ever since.
She then posted the exchange on TikTok with the caption, “It’s hard being a woman in a male-dominated field,” and it immediately went viral.
“The year is 2023, can this stop?” the message in the video says.
“First of all, if we’re going to continue working together, I want to work with a female sales rep because I don’t want to see the locker room talking about me when you share screens,” she said. men.
“I know it was a mistake, but I don’t want to see it.”
One of the men said it was “an unforgivable mistake,” adding that “we apologize for that.”
Sharpe’s video has received over two million views, with many congratulating her for calling out the men.
“Behavior of a queen,” wrote one person.
“Well done,” said another. “It’s amazing.”
“The problem was not that he shared his screen, but that the ‘locker room conversations’ continued at all,” wrote a third.
“The way he apologizes for accidentally sharing this, but not for talking about you like that,” one of the subscribers was outraged.
One woman felt that Sharp could have been stronger in her condemnation.
“Girl no. You let them go easily,” they wrote.
But Sharpe disagreed.
“My goal was to keep my composure and stay calm, their management was made aware of what had happened,” she replied.
“Losing your cool wouldn’t help.”
Sharp wrote the second post, seen in the video belowshowing that she was not 100% satisfied with the email response she received after filing a complaint with her potential clients’ company.
“How Not to Apologize in Corporate America 101,” the video was captioned.
“I think it could have been written a lot better,” she said.
“I also think he might have picked up the phone and called me himself.”
An American shared an email after clients made sexist comments about her.
Part of the letter read: “I understand that you would like to work with a woman in the future, however I do not have anyone qualified to help you, who is a woman.”
“Hello, red banner, red banner!” Sharpe said.
“Why don’t you hire someone?
“There are a lot of talented women in this field.”
Sharp then notes that the email reads “I’m terribly sorry for the inconvenience.”
“It’s more of an apology email for getting caught,” Sharpe said.
“It doesn’t feel sincere, it doesn’t feel sincere, it doesn’t say what kind of action they’re taking.”
The company’s response again failed to impress Sharpe’s followers.
“So he only hires brothers, and the whole company is toxic. Next,” wrote one user.
“We’re sorry for the inconvenience? Are you kidding me?” another exclaimed.
“Literally run. These are all red flags and that’s probably why they don’t have enough women working there,” added one of the subscribers.
In one of the latest TikTok updates, Sharpe revealed that the company’s VP eventually picked up the phone, but not because the story went viral on social media.
“He called me to make amends, basically to save the sale,” she said.
She then revealed that she had decided not to get involved with that particular company.
“I can’t work with a supplier that doesn’t support women in business,” she said.
“The only thing he said he was going to do to ‘take action’ was to talk to HR.”
Sharpe said she would not reveal the company’s name, but is pleased that her videos “have generated really important conversations.”
“You handle it with a grace they don’t deserve,” wrote one person who followed the story.
It’s not your job to protect their reputation. But the main details for bringing them to justice,” said the second.
“How did this person or people not get fired?” one woman asked.
“But instead, their performance was PRAISED (about) in this letter?
“It’s like the Mad Men series.
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