I was a department head of a large Information Technology department. My highest paid, most skilled employees were women. Most women did not want to be section heads or department heads; consequently, we often had men managing women who were paid more than their bosses.
One way a wage disparity creeps into the picture: You hire two programmers, a man and a woman who are equally skilled to do the same job and you start them at the same wage. For the first few years, they perform equally and get equal raises. Then, the woman drops out of the work force for three or four years to have a baby and raise the child. When she returns to work, she has fallen behind the technology curve and will be paid less than the guy who has added value to his work skills while she was at home nurturing a child. Most women — but not NOW — recognize this fact.
My unemployed wife just received two job offers—one for $95K as an HR manager and one part-time job that pays $16K working for a school district. She took the part-time job. Why? We are in our 50’s, the kids are grown, the house is almost paid off and I work full time. She doesn’t want the stress, that’s my job.
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Carrie Lukas BUMP! :)
“Few Americans see the economy as a battle between the sexes. They want opportunity to abound so that men and women can find satisfying work situations that meet their unique needs. That—not a day dedicated to manufactured feminist grievances—would be something to celebrate.”
We’re all Free Agents, and have been all along. I loathe FemiNazies in all of their insidious forms.
It ain’t braggin’ if you can do it! What DO these women accomplish, aside from tearing at the fabric of our Society? And to what end? (Rhetorical - I know their game plan!)
I belonged to a women’s business group. This organization’s national leadership was promoting the “Equal Pay Day.” Having worked with many types of businesses over several years, logic told me that this disparity was not caused by discrimination. Based mainly upon Independent Women’s Forum information, I gave a presentation to the group about the fallacy of the unequal pay myth. Several thanked me. No one had ever questioned it before. (Some whined about how true it was. Each one was a disorganized, poorly groomed idividual. Single and childless, too.)