Slow down, you two. I’m not advocating a pay gap, just providing other reasons why one might exist. I know not every woman takes maternity leave, that’s why I said a possible loss in productivity. Emphasis on possible. By harder to fire I mean affirmative action has made it more difficult to fire/replace women and minorities in the workplace if they don’t perform. Again, not advocating nor denying the pay gap, I just think this economic explanation of the problem is more plausible than “women have less experience.” Not to mention if someone, in fact, does have less experience than a competing applicant, whether they be male or female, they shouldn’t get the job.
It’s more likely that the gap is due to the fact that women are harder to fire in the long run and employers have to account for the possible loss in productivity due to maternity leave. While it’s illegal to consider those issues as a basis for pay, it would be naive to think it doesn’t happen. “Less experience” is how employers beat the system.
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The word you’re looking for is perpetuating. And yes, she does need to stop.
Shut up Breen.
Slow down, you two. I’m not advocating a pay gap, just providing other reasons why one might exist. I know not every woman takes maternity leave, that’s why I said a possible loss in productivity. Emphasis on possible. By harder to fire I mean affirmative action has made it more difficult to fire/replace women and minorities in the workplace if they don’t perform. Again, not advocating nor denying the pay gap, I just think this economic explanation of the problem is more plausible than “women have less experience.” Not to mention if someone, in fact, does have less experience than a competing applicant, whether they be male or female, they shouldn’t get the job.
It’s more likely that the gap is due to the fact that women are harder to fire in the long run and employers have to account for the possible loss in productivity due to maternity leave. While it’s illegal to consider those issues as a basis for pay, it would be naive to think it doesn’t happen. “Less experience” is how employers beat the system.