office bitch

The Corporate Dominatrix can successfully apply role-playing models from her professional Dominatrix cousin by using the six fantasy mistress archetypes: the Goddess (the spiritual you), the Governess (the schoolteacher and mentor), the Queen (the sovereign) and the Schoolgirl (the student and apprentice).

What’s Your Corporate Dominatrix Quotient?

Test it with the C.D. quiz. Let’s see how high your dominatrix levels really are. Remember, honesty is the best policy. Don’t hold back, even if your answer is a little naughty. There are no wrong answers!

1. It’s a month past your annual review and you’re still waiting to set up a meeting with your supervisor. You:

  • Remain in a holding pattern, since no news is probably good news.
  • Contact Human Resources to see if they can jump-start your boss into action.
  • Speak to your boss about arranging an immediate appointment to discuss your review and your retroactive raise.

2. The word at your company is that promotions are being held back for budgetary reasons. In spite of all your hard work, you:

  • Try to remain a company gal and ride out this bad patch.
  • Point out all the great work you’re doing for further consideration when the freeze lifts.
  • Send your boss a memo outlining all your successes and proceed with your promotion campaign undeterred, since rules are made to be broken.

3. Your supervisor always calls you in for a preparatory briefing before big meetings. Usually your best ideas become hers once you enter the conference room. This causes you to:

  • Bitch and moan to all your colleagues.
  • Plan to share only mediocre suggestions in advance.
  • Tell your boss you’ll present your ideas in the meeting, thank you very much.