I have seen reactions of resentment in male colleagues when they are criticised or like in this case, had to take discipline, from a female member of staff.
Female staff seem able to take and accept criticism from both men and women in the workplace, but some men seem to have real difficulty dealing with this situation. I’ve seen it cause all sorts of bad feeling in the work environment when it really should not.
Today the workplace is full of women who are in positions of authority and who have male staff working for them, criticism and discipline matters are part of their job role and men should be above this but it seems some are not.
This type of situation may be more common than is realised, has anyone else experienced this?