Do you work in a male or female environment?

[That Is Nice]

Do you work with mainly men or women? Is your boss a male or female? And do people you work with have young kids and working spouses?

[KSLaura]

men. all men.

[Sharlla]

i work alone. 90% of the staff is female but in my home its female only staff. i prefer working alone. no drama
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[fireHC11]

Funny you ask -- I just researched these numbers.

I'm in grad school in a male-dominated field. Our school as a whole is 59% women, but my program is 16% (both graduate and undergraduate). In the graduate program, we are 26% women (campus average is 52%).

Maybe that's more than you wanted to know. The answer is --- there are more men than women, but I have found it's an environment of equality and support.

[MamaChicken]

Definately male. Most of them also have young families and our particular office is very family friendly.

[Ceinwen]

Mix. I work with nurses, doctors, rts, etc.

It's a good mix. Nurses and docs have lots of drama though, it's just like ER.

[Alyantavid]

Mostly female, at least in our office. The entire company though, is mostly male.

All but one woman I work with are mothers, but they're kids are all grown.

[Baby~Braatens~Mama]

Until recently every field I worked in was male-dominant. In my latest job, I was the 2nd ever hired female employee! Now I am doing a study at home program that is preparing me to work on my own in my home so I can be an essential part in my childs future. Even then it will be a male-dominant working enviroment. DP, his brother and our son.

[physmom]

Very, very, very male dominated. In my field I don't know a single female professor (there are some in related fields but not in my direct field). Just to give you another idea. My advisor has had probably 20 students so far? I am the only female and that's not uncommon at all.

ETA: People my age do not have kids (with two exceptions both of which have SAHM's for wives). Those that are around 10-20 years older than me do with a variety of ages of the kids (it's pretty common to see an older guy get a young wife and have kids when he's 40-50 years old). However, most have SAHM's for wives also or at least jobs that are more flexible. I only know of two females in my field with kids, both have only have one child and will not have more.

[major_mama11]

Probably 75% female on my floor (health care). My bosses are all female, except the CEO. Most people I work with have kids that are elementary age or younger. The ones with older/grown kids are fairly understanding of my desire to only work part time while the kids are little, as many of them did the same at this stage. A handful of my coworkers have stay at home dads with the kids all day, but most have working spouses.

[That Is Nice]

Originally Posted by physmom

Very, very, very male dominated. In my field I don't know a single female professor (there are some in related fields but not in my direct field). Just to give you another idea. My advisor has had probably 20 students so far? I am the only female and that's not uncommon at all.

ETA: People my age do not have kids (with two exceptions both of which have SAHM's for wives). Those that are around 10-20 years older than me do with a variety of ages of the kids (it's pretty common to see an older guy get a young wife and have kids when he's 40-50 years old). However, most have SAHM's for wives also or at least jobs that are more flexible. I only know of two females in my field with kids, both have only have one child and will not have more.

Sounds familar! You're in academia? Me, too. What you wrote is what I have experienced.

[Caneel]

Men, all men. Never had a female boss.

When I was in banking, all the men were married with kids, most of their spouses worked.

[rhiOrion]

Mostly women. In our office, out of 28 employees, there are four men, and one of those is very rarely here. There are a couple more men and a couple more women with whom I interact regularly, and who regularly come to our building (our IT people, etc)

My boss is a woman. Not a very nice woman, but a woman. The director and division chief are also women.

Of the women who work in this building: five of us have young (kindergarten and below) kids. 12 have kids college age - adult. Two are young with no kids. Five are older with no kids. Of the men: the older ones all have kids. The youngest (around my age) has a wife and is planning to have kids soon.

I imagine most of them have working spouses. I know one of the women has a husband who is home on disability. A few of the woman are not married.

[amma_mama]

My office is probably half male, half female. I am on the "technical" side, which is male-dominated, while the admin staff is mostly female. My "boss" is male (I do not really have a single "boss" but most of my projects fall under the same Director). Many do have young kids, but most of the men are married to SAHMs (or they work part-time), while the women with kids are either two-income families (like mine) or are single parents.

The running joke with my group is that, while having a husband is great, what I really need is a "wife"...really a SAHP as a partner, male or female, would be fine

[LittleBattleAxe]

Previously it's been mostly women. Until this year I've only ever worked under female admin, and as a teacher, the majority of my colleagues have been female. This year, I'm starting at a STEM school, with all male admin, and the balance of male-to-female teachers isn't 50/50 but it's certainly not 85/15, or even 90/10. I've always team taught and there has always been at least one male teacher on my team.

Since many women go into teaching because of its family-friendly schedule, most of my colleagues have families -- don't know of a lot that have stay-at-home spouses, but many have been SAHPs at some point.

[physmom]

Originally Posted by That Is Nice

Sounds familar! You're in academia? Me, too. What you wrote is what I have experienced.

Yes, how'd you guess? It's HARD in academia in the sciences. Don't get my wrong, my advisor has been great (way better than I could ever hope for) but it's more than just that. It's the fact that I can't work as many hours as a guy with a SAHM for a wife. I also can't socialize as much at conferences because I don't drink (still nursing) and have never smoked. I'm also limited to how many conferences I can go to in the first place and where they are at. It's not an easy road to go down but I'm sure thankful for the few females that have gone before me that have at least made it easier than it was.

[texmati]

Originally Posted by KSLaura

men. all men.

yup

[~ Wonderful Life ~]

I work with mostly men.

My boss is male.

Yes, most do have children and working spouses.

[Sorin]

Originally Posted by physmom

Yes, how'd you guess? It's HARD in academia in the sciences. Don't get my wrong, my advisor has been great (way better than I could ever hope for) but it's more than just that. It's the fact that I can't work as many hours as a guy with a SAHM for a wife. I also can't socialize as much at conferences because I don't drink (still nursing) and have never smoked. I'm also limited to how many conferences I can go to in the first place and where they are at. It's not an easy road to go down but I'm sure thankful for the few females that have gone before me that have at least made it easier than it was.

I always feel bad for you guys (or should I say, ladies?) I'm in academia as well, but I'm in English, so my department is about 50/50 men and women. However, as with just about all disciplines, more men are full professors, while the women are either assistant profs or recently tenured. Got to love those guys with the SAHM wives who relieve them of the burden of running a household so that they can write their fifth book!

[marinak1977]

When I was a grad student I worked in a male dominated lab that wasn't super family friendly. Now I work for a small engineering startup, I'm the only girl in the group (I think there is an accountant too, but she is a contractor). My boss has 2 small kids though and the whole company adores my DS, so they are very supportive.