I wear a pride pin on my shirt. I am not confrontational and I don’t even mention gender equality or anything like that most of the time. I just do my work. My teammates have been calling me “Karen” because 2 months ago we had a guest speaker named Karen who talked about diversity and inclusion. My manager, managers manager, and team lead have all done this to varying degrees. People also kill the conversation when I join zoom meetings. What is wrong with my team! And our Women in Engineering org is totally dead. Other groups get funding for offsite events. Even groups that aren’t officially sponsored groups get morale event funding. We can’t get anything because “we don’t have enough members.” We can’t get more members because our club isn’t very active (and DoorDash doesn’t have many women). Our club isn’t very active because… we dont have the enough members or the resources to do any events… ⭕️ the self fulfilling circle is complete
It’s time to leave such a toxic team. You should also report to HR anonymously if you can.
Wouldn’t be surprised if these co-workers get fired if you report this to HR. Sorry to hear that you are being bullied like this.
You’re delusional if you think they’ll get fired. There won’t even be an investigation. OP should report anonymously but there is no way this results in them “getting fired”, that’s not how HR works.
What did the coworkers do wrong?
You should not allow them to call you something that you do not like. It is a professional environment we’re in and you should remind folks about it (if you still want to be there)
Call them out on it within the team & with the HR. Letting them get away these sort of microagressions will ruin whatever company culture you have left. Also start looking for a decent job which doesn't have such asshole teammates.
First off, shame on your co-workers! This is completely unprofessional unacceptable behavior! That said, I'm pretty suspicious of this whole "butter wouldn't melt in my mouth" narrative. "I wear a pride pin" and don't mention gender equality... "most of the time" is not aligning well with "I am not confrontational." Also, their calling you "Karen" is probably not simply about the name of some speaker you had. Regardless of my suspicions about this being a distorted story, there's still no place for name calling in the workplace.
What did your manager or HR say when you raised this bullying? Things won’t get better if you don’t stand up to bullies.
The story sounds pretty one-sided to me. Honestly, without even knowing you and just reading how you present yourself here, I’d keep my mouth shut around you too. People who wear pride pins or have to qualify “I don’t even mention gender equality” with “most of the time” are the types of people who will try to cancel the shit out of someone for one instance of wrong-think.
I avoid politics like the plague at work. That said, based on my anecdotal observation, the woke left often overestimates how much support they really have and are often completely oblivious about the atmosphere of the room. Ignore all this advice about going to HR. Just complaining about your manager is a bad idea and this discussion has been beaten to death on Blind. Do you really think you'll win a fight against the entire management chain and your team? If you think everyone around you is a jerk then maybe...
This pretty much sucks. Your teammates are assholes.