Beauty and the Corporate World

Yes..the topic says it all..If you are beautiful then you can get away with being just ok at what you are supposed to be not just good...but great at...thats the corporate worlds approach.

This is an approach thats only made me feel helpless and bitter many times. Can I really do much about it? Helpless cause i cant do anything to change my looks. Im brown and average looking..not the fair and lovely kinds. Bitter..cause Im very good at my work, but have to struggle and hope to get the appreciation or attention for really good work .Sometimes i get it... a lot of times.. i dont. I dont have any illusions about my quality of work because I get appreciated for it from various quarters who unfortunatey will not be able to influence my growth as much as a certain gentleman for whom beauty comes first. My beautiful, fair and lovely colleague gets attention for doing her regular work. She automatically draws the Titan to her. Shes also quite animated when she talks and is a good package overall. She rates above me in the looks and dressing department. Im not a bad looker and neither do I dress shabbily, but no matter what I do its not something that i can match up wuth her in. But Im far superior at what Im there for...which is my work...Theres of course a significant experience gap between us. I have a lot more years of experience. At the level of experince at which she is now, I had to really work my way to get noticed. I worked hard, really really hard, learned things the hard way, because of which Im good at what I do, most importantly I learnd to work without getting noticed. But this is a rather tough situation for me to handle. I have someone whos much junior to me, yet getting more attention than me for a reason which is not right. But I really want to find a way of addressing this..God help me and you too if you are reading this.