Well, I had my interview yesterday and got offered the job on the spot! That was a massive relief.
I've done loads of research about the position in general, but I still have one question. Being a female, are they more likely to automatically stick me in softlines than in hardlines? I don't particularly care where I end up working most of the time, but I don't want to be pigeon-holed for the wrong reasons. I'm concerned that I'll end up doing all of the "light" work (I understand that on flow teams none of the work is light-- I've worked flow before) not because I happen to work through it efficiently or I show promise, but because I don't look physically capable of anything else. I know that if they truly thought that, they wouldn't have hired me in the first place, but I'm worried that they're just automatically going to stick me in the easiest places to work.
Again: more power to me, I guess. If I do get compartmentalized, I'll be getting paid the same amount as people who are doing the supposedly harder work. I just don't want this to be for the wrong reason. To the general public, I'm aware that I look pretty weak-- not shrimpy, I'm 5'5. That's really not short at all and it's actually just a hair above average. I just look flat out weak. I am very significantly underweight and don't want anyone thinking that because of that I can't work as hard as everyone else.
I don't know. I might be overthinking it all; I'm sure I am. I was just wondering whether anyone has any experience with anything similar.
I've done loads of research about the position in general, but I still have one question. Being a female, are they more likely to automatically stick me in softlines than in hardlines? I don't particularly care where I end up working most of the time, but I don't want to be pigeon-holed for the wrong reasons. I'm concerned that I'll end up doing all of the "light" work (I understand that on flow teams none of the work is light-- I've worked flow before) not because I happen to work through it efficiently or I show promise, but because I don't look physically capable of anything else. I know that if they truly thought that, they wouldn't have hired me in the first place, but I'm worried that they're just automatically going to stick me in the easiest places to work.
Again: more power to me, I guess. If I do get compartmentalized, I'll be getting paid the same amount as people who are doing the supposedly harder work. I just don't want this to be for the wrong reason. To the general public, I'm aware that I look pretty weak-- not shrimpy, I'm 5'5. That's really not short at all and it's actually just a hair above average. I just look flat out weak. I am very significantly underweight and don't want anyone thinking that because of that I can't work as hard as everyone else.
I don't know. I might be overthinking it all; I'm sure I am. I was just wondering whether anyone has any experience with anything similar.
