http://www.aflcio.org/women/eqp_occ.htm
You honestly believe all the differences are due to other factors rather than sex discrimination? I don’t see how anyone could believe that, not even the White Queen.
I noticed that the salary calculator from this year at Network World Fusion does not include gender as a factor as it did in 2001. Wonder if my bitching did that, hmmm.
Then I would seriously question the accuracy of the Network World Fusion statistics. They were either (1) wrong then, or (2) wrong now. And if they changed it because of complaints, then how can it be relied on to be statistically valid?
I worked as a computer tech, and our yearly raises were partly based on our “customer satisfaction” scores.
Now, I was one of very, very few women when I began my job. I had several customers give me a bad rating simply because I was female. Had I tried to use the exact same techniques as my male colleagues, not only would I not have gotten an equal raise, I probably would have gotten fired for ticking off customers. (I heard a co-worker tell someone to shut up more than once. The most I ever said myself was “When you’re done, we can fix your problem.” ) My job performance rating was based on the attitudes of our customers-- many of whom obviously BELIEVED that I was less capable than my colleagues. (And to answer the obvious question, by the time I’d been there a year, I was a senior technician and was helping train new people. The customers’ perception was not reality.)
So how many other women are in jobs where their pay depends on the customers believing that they are smart, able to lift heavy boxes, do math, or whatever else it is us women aren’t supposed to be able to do? It’s easy to show your boss, that you work with every day, that you’re competent and able to do your job. I don’t care how biased he or she is against you, eventually you can wear the boss down and they’ll admit that you, at least, are competent. It’s the 5 minute encounters with idiot customers that you can’t win.
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“I’d be happy to get a male technician. Any of the ones I’ve trained will be able to assist you.”
Who, me? No, I believe that most promotions and raises are handed out based on performance. In this survey it appears the ‘high-tech’ employees agree with me (not the same as doctors and lawyers, I know).
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
No offense intended, but how do you know that’s the reason they gave you a bad rating?