Victoria here, Girlboss’ executive editor. 👋
I remember when I was an intern at a fashion magazine (my first big-girl summer job in college), some of the senior editors refused to learn our names and just called the gaggle of us working in the fashion closet "your interns" or "the interns." I knew we were at the bottom of the fashion magazine food chain, but it still stung every time. 😖
Turns out, I'm not the only one who's dealt with this. Today's dilemma comes from a reader whose coworkers won't even call her by her actual name. Ouch. Scroll down for her story and how to navigate a workplace hierarchy that's gotten toxic. 👇
Other stuff the Girlboss team is yapping about on Slack:
Disney isn’t the happiest place on Earth after all.
This delicious watermelon fragrance oil smells just like summer.*
💼 Job of the day: Female Founder World is hiring an Event and Programming Lead to run the full show—conferences, intimate dinners, coworking meetups, and virtual workshops—for their growing community of entrepreneurs. What a dream job fr!
