Female funeral director and embalmer here. I was with this funeral home for a year, and from the beginning of my employment there, I was regularly told that women aren't valuable as funeral directors, that women don't belong in the funeral industry, and that they had to hire me because not enough men are graduating from mortuary school these days. My male colleagues were rude and disrespectful towards me, and when I would go to my boss about it, he would tell me that I should expect that because I'm a woman.
I was expected to do more work than my male funeral director colleague. For example, I was responsible for all of the administrative work for my location, while he was given a personal secretary at his, at the same salary.
I was constantly being criticized, to the point of my boss literally screaming at me at times. He wouldn't allow me to conduct arrangements or take charge of anything having to do with the families; instead, he had me sit in on his arrangement conferences as his assistant.
Last week, he screamed at me so bad, calling into question the work experience I had listed on my resume, threatening my job, and holding my salary over my head, because I made a phone call to the pharmacy in the morning about getting a medication ready for me to pick up on my lunch break.
Obviously I resigned. But now I don't know what to say during a job interview as to why I left this place without anything lined up or anywhere to live (I've been in the funeral home's employee housing).
Any advice or insight is appreciated.
Thanks