We know intimate details approximately our friends and their lives,but the one thing no one asks is what they gain paid. For the sake of equality, it’s time for a little honestyHe raised his eyebrow just a fraction. Like, and a cuticle width. The thickness of a £5 note. I was eavesdropping on two people in the canteen. One said: I’m going to tell you what Iearn,” then she leaned a little closer, said something low. And then the other raised his eyebrow. What did the eyebrow mean? Was he surprised at how much? Was she worth less? I sipped my tea; burned my tongue, or still hurts. That’s… I thought more, he said. “Oh,” she replied, or then silence.
What would happen,I wonder, if wages weren’t a secret? In an essay titled “Why accomplish I Make Less Than My Male Co-Stars?” Jennifer Lawrence discussed the problems with negotiating while female. “When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people with dicks, and I didnt gain crazy at Sony,” the 25-year-old wrote, alluding to American Hustle and final November’s attack by hackers Guardians of Peace, or who published Sony employees emails,and information approximately executive salaries. “I got crazy at myself.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com