Slate: Women Editors-in-Chief Make $15,000 Less Than Men -Thoughts?

CORNDOGCOMMANDO · 2012-09-26T19:31:58+00:00

Hmm where is the proof that they asked for raises or at least checked around on what the going rate was for the position they were taking. Do these woman think that raises are just gifted to men or something. Did they even ask for a raise or negotiate pay. How do their experiences compare, there are way to many questions left unasked.

2012-09-26T19:40:03+00:00

Raw averages comparing salaries have proven meaningless for over a decade.

enkidusfriend · 2012-09-26T20:27:07+00:00

This is less than useless without more details about the publications these people are working for. If I work for a piece of shit publication then I will get paid less than someone working for an A-List, widely distributed publication. "Editor-in-Chief" is just a title - the actual job and compensation will vary widely depending on the publication.

factoidologist · 2012-09-26T20:04:25+00:00

This average pay gap nonsense needs to go away. Pay is an individual achievement. "Women" have nothing in common. "Men" have nothing in common.

ErasmusMRA · 2012-09-27T00:03:09+00:00

There's no reason to think this isn't the result of market forces. If they're claiming this is due to discrimination they better have evidence to back up that assertion. It's like someone trying to convince me that God exists. The burden of proof is on them to prove their assertion, not on me to disprove it.

Until then I will be ignoring these and similar articles.

MartialWay · 2012-09-26T23:21:54+00:00

The gender pay gap is well-known and well-studied (here's the Census bureau's look), but that isn't helping it to go away

Equal pay for equal work. If they want the pay gap to decrease, they're going to have to start putting in equal work.

2012-09-26T19:34:39+00:00

The people earning less are likely earning less due to things like

level of experience
hours worked / time taken off
not negotiating

and so on ...

edit - they are women so some of them might well have been given their position on the basis of gender rather than merit - employees like that are likely going to be less competent and hard working and therefore worth less to the company than other employees.

Title	Slate: Women Editors-in-Chief Make $15,000 Less Than Men -Thoughts?
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