Re: Dillard's wants only men to manage mens dept????

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On 8/26/08, jane doe wrote:
> On 6/24/08, D wrote:
>> I am an ASM for Dillards and about a year ago I was placed
>> in another area after manageing the men's department with 2
>> years of increases because management said I "needed ready
>> to wear in my experience with the company" in order to be
>> promotable. a week later the position was filled be a
>> man. I started to hear comments from associates about how
>> VP of Merchandising for Dillard's Burt Squires wanted only
>> men to manage the mens departments. Then, out of the blue,
>> my mother tells me how a sales associate at a different
>> store across town told her the story of Burt Squires and
>> how he wanted men to run the mens departments. Funny thing
>> is I never told my mom the stories I was hearing. I went
>> from managing a 7 million$ yr business to a 3.8mil$ a yr
>> business. Plus, when they transferred me with 4 months
>> left into the year the area was down by 15&37;. They
>> basically, and I am using a phrase that Burt often
>> uses "eased me out". So my question to anyone out there
>> is...is this sex descrimination? Is there anyone else at
>> Dillard's out there that this happened to that would like
>> to talk? Should I talk to a lawyer? Should I just forget
>> about it and become barfoot and pregnant? any insite would
>> be great!