I was a Sr. Leader at my company and I had high hopes of going far. I worked very closely with another Latino straight man during a project.

Throughout my experiences in multiple industries, it is my opinion (so far), that people can be very difficult in the workplace when they are competitive and extremely self-interested.

Since my departure for that one week, I have had many positive interactions with my staff, peers and my boss, the CEO.

I had a run-in with a prima donna coworker who was not really liked by many, but was valued by the executives because he brought in a significant portion of the business.

I felt dissatisfied with my company management in Shanghai because my direct boss was the director's wife, and had little background in the area.

I was forced to always put on a happy face, even though he treated me horribly. He had very high-end clients with a lot of money who he treated like gold and as soon as they would leave, he would start blaming me for a document that had not been prepared correctly.

At Kaiser, I continued to devote myself to making the lives of my colleagues better. I took the initiative to help people out when I saw the opportunity and let them know when I saw problems that should be brought to their attention.

I am a female attorney who worked in the corporate environment amongst mostly men. I finally excused myself from Business/Legal Affairs meetings because the other men would ignore me and literally speak right over me as I was speaking even though I was the representative of the department who had the pertinent information.

I would have stayed if my managers appreciated the hard work I put into my time with their organization.

I had a coworker who consistently asked me out on dates (despite my telling him I wasn't interested).