I've been looking at equity data all day on the members in my union to determine if there's a pay gap
Spoiler: women get paid less for the same work 😱
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Then they should just hire all women
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@Quoththeraven I'm pretty sure that's illegal and ridiculous.
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@Quoththeraven Pay gaps are unintentional - employers who are found to have them tend to deny them and are embarrassed because it's bad PR. To admit there is a pay gap and then weaponize it is just contrary to how... anyone works.
Also it'd be a PR nightmare because trust me - it would become knowledge pretty soon. Imagine it getting out in the newspapers that employers were refusing to hire men because they could pay women less. It'd be international news - particularly because I work for a public university.
Could you imagine Fox News losing their fucking minds over a university refusing to hire men because they could pay women less?
Many employers acknowledge gender pay gaps exist and real. But they still hire men because to refuse to do so would be fucking insane.
Also it'd be a PR nightmare because trust me - it would become knowledge pretty soon. Imagine it getting out in the newspapers that employers were refusing to hire men because they could pay women less. It'd be international news - particularly because I work for a public university.
Could you imagine Fox News losing their fucking minds over a university refusing to hire men because they could pay women less?
Many employers acknowledge gender pay gaps exist and real. But they still hire men because to refuse to do so would be fucking insane.
Girl power 💪 smash the pachiarchy@CountScrofula
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@Quoththeraven Now we're talking :D