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The bad thing about it
Often times the person who is beign discriminated against never finds out.... since salary is considered confidential, some people assume that they are being paid the same as their counterparts.
posted by
Loribeth215
on April 24, 2008 at 10:41 AM
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It might be a little shrill, but it's dead on correct.
I can't argue with it, even if you weren't my adopted sister. Besides, you do it so well!
posted by
strat
on April 22, 2008 at 6:49 PM
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Krisles
Wow! It started off 'shrill,' Krisles, but once you got your rant out of the way it became mellower. I remember when I used to touch type on the old Royal, and on my fairly new second-hand electronic typewriter, but now I find I spend most of my time looking at the screen, then looking down at the keyboard, then looking up and etc.
Last week I promised myself to re-learn touch typing. A geek friend in the UK learned it from scratch, and said it had improved his life tremendously, but then he writes programmes all day.
posted by
johnmacnab
on April 22, 2008 at 11:46 AM
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I can't imagine
how frustrating it is, but I understand, feel like Amen-ing that!!
posted by
KaBooM62
on April 22, 2008 at 2:32 AM
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Boy, Krisles. You were really wound up here. LOL. Glad I'm not working with Charley. Actually, I'm glad I'm not working with anyone anymore. Reading this makes me thankful that I'm retired.
(they need a little white-haired wrinkled granny emoticon for me. LOL)
posted by
TAPS.
on April 21, 2008 at 11:47 AM
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Krisles
I was working the same job as my male counterparts for 3 years and earning roughly 35% less when I finally mustered up the courage (or tempered rage) to approach management. When I used the term female discrimination , within 1 month my salary was increased to align with the men. I think a lot of men live in lah lah land and think such disparities no longer exist. Good rant....
posted by
Troosha
on April 21, 2008 at 9:46 AM
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I'm for a meritocracy, but it seems we're drifting the other way.
There seems to be such a gap between the uppercrust and middle-management that the head honchos don't even know what is best for business and what isn't. They've lost touch. Definitely there is a gender bias, but good business should trump the gender agenda. If it doesn't make more dollars, it doesn't make any sense.
I'm always telling anyone who will listen that our brightest minds are focusing all their attention on building a better video game, or computer graphics, etc.... it's crazy. We need to prioritize. While the best and brightest were creating Super Mario Bros. 87 some nobody named
John Kanzius was curing cancer with two pie plates and a hot dog. We need to pay attention to what works, no matter what glands the efficient person in question is in possession of. The priority is excellence. Or at least it should be.
posted by
CunningLinguist
on April 21, 2008 at 9:44 AM
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I worked many years at the same level of my colleagues and for far less money. I think it was called "peanuts." sam
posted by
sam444
on April 21, 2008 at 9:24 AM
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this is great, just great
posted by
whirlwindaffair
on April 21, 2008 at 1:26 AM
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You have answered a question for me.........something I've been lying in bed thinking about. My sister is working in this same type of environment (she complains to me regularly), and now I know why she drinks too much.....too often......and she's getting worse.
Thanks for the insight. (3:08 am)
posted by
ZenMom
on April 21, 2008 at 1:09 AM
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We're so far
from equality in any form in the workplace, that it's depressing.
posted by
Loribeth215
on April 20, 2008 at 11:48 PM
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posted by
__Purple_Mermaid11__
on April 20, 2008 at 10:46 PM
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