Reply #55: You bet they were [View All]

[juajen]

In 1982 I worked for Dresser Industries (now Halliburton). I did not know I was pregnant when I applied for a job there. In a couple of months or three, I realized I was. I had already gotten good reviews from my boss, but when he found out I was pregnant he was furious. He called me into his office and informed me that I would not be welcome in his department after my baby was born. Well, that made me furious and I took it up with the VP in charge of personnel. Dresser had quite a bit of government contracts then, and my boss was almost fired.

When I came back after the baby was born, I was given my choice of staying where I was, or any other job at my level that I wanted. I chose to leave the SOB and took a job with another department head (legal) and was happy until I left there about two years later.

Of course this was early days for the EEOC (?) regulations. This was just 23 years ago and employment equality was in its infancy. We still have a way to go. In just about every respect, women today do not know the battles we fought to get all of us where we are today. For the most part, they are ungrateful witches. Kidding, of course. I raised three of those witches myself. They do take their rights for granted, but, I have no doubt that they are all strong enough to fight their own battles, or take up where we leave off. I raised them that way and I am one proud mama.