#44 “The disagreements were always courteous, but after a while the manager invited the colleague to less meetings.”

“A female colleague I worked with would have contentious discussions with a male manager during meetings. The disagreements were always courteous, but after a while the manager invited the colleague to less meetings. When letting her own manager know about this, it was suggested that she ‘buy the manager a beer to smooth things over’. No action was asked of the manager in question.”