The most of leadership in IT is toxic, very dishonest, remarkably unprofessional, and disrespectful. Not a good environment for women. The leadership turns a blind eye to the sexist atmosphere and their own misplaced loyalty amongst themselves. You will never be respected and never get promoted. There is literally no career path. I was promised a promotion they never intended to give me. I had verbal agreement before I took on the extra responsibility for the role. If they have one or two women in IT, they think they are so progressive but they can’t see the forest from the trees. They love to reorg, but it’s always the same people they shuffle to different leadership roles. In 2 years, I never got a pay increase. I was told how to review my team and what ratings to give them. Even if they performed better than they were given, I was instructed to lower their rating and then make sure I justified those lower ratings. Everything is a manipulation. I personally had great feedback on my WEEKLY one on ones. I even asked for areas of improvement and was told “everything is great. Just keep doing what you are doing.” Only to get completely blindsided in my review. (Yeah. Should have seen it coming. Shame on me.) I stayed as long as I did out of loyalty and protectiveness to my team. But eventually, it wasn’t something I could live with anymore. After 20+ years in IT roles, I was tired of fighting every day for basic human respect.
