Apparently BP didn't hire enough female contractors during the cleanup after the Gulf spill... so they had to pay out $5.4 million in damages to the US Equal Opportunities Commission

Funcuz · 2012-07-04T06:18:04+00:00

Ridiculous .
If women aren't lining up for the jobs then that's not anybody's fault . How many women does anybody see working on oil rigs , in mines , sewers , or perched atop sixty story towers ? Not many ... and even when you do they're usually holding a sign or working a keyboard . Hey , that's fine , really that's not a problem by itself . It does seem to demonstrate that women DON'T want to do those jobs though doesn't it ? So if BP's contractors have 50 applicants and only one is female , what are the odds that at least one of the males is better ? I'd say that there's a %98 chance that one of the guys is probably a better candidate .

But hey ... we can't have logic and common sense get in the way when a woman feels like a victim . Somebody has to pay .

Darkling5499 · 2012-07-04T13:00:18+00:00

this is downright pathetic. a few women (who, for all that is said, could have just been 100% unqualified for the jobs) claim they were discriminated against because of their gender, so BP has to pay $5.4mil? god damn i really wish i could sue hooters becuase they won't hire me as a male waiter.

LucasTrask · 2012-07-04T10:31:38+00:00

Men, doing the jobs women don't want, since ... forever.

Irrel_M · 2012-07-04T10:21:36+00:00

Cha-ching!

I mean, sure you're fucking up our oceans for future generations, but how DARE you not fit into our arbitrary gender ratio!

Gareth321 · 2012-07-04T13:02:23+00:00

This is fucking ridiculous. If women don't want to work these jobs, so be it. But fining companies who don't incentivize women to work these jobs? This is basically forcing companies to pay women more for the same work.

KantusOne · 2012-07-04T10:11:59+00:00

The Greed is strong is this one.

Gingor · 2012-07-04T11:55:07+00:00

And this is why woman-rates are BS.

_Toast · 2012-07-04T14:49:02+00:00

I'm the only male waiter at work, can I call these people?

chavelah · 2012-07-04T15:42:57+00:00

A big part of the problem was that they used prison labor. Both men and women from the affected communities were pissed as hell that they weren't offered the jobs - after all, the spill had destroyed the tourism and fishing industries, so they really really needed jobs.

2012-07-05T05:53:01+00:00

More people need to understand that equal opportunity does not ensure equal outcome.

0mega_man · 2012-07-04T17:46:33+00:00

yeah we need AT LEAST 50% of that toxic cleanup force to be females, it's only fair? After all women love doing manual labor jobs, they are well built for it.

Ryau · 2012-07-04T18:42:16+00:00

The EEOC’s investigation, which was based on concerns raised by several women in Louisiana and Alabama that certain contractors participating in the oil spill response did not consider them for the cleanup effort because of their gender, has not resulted in a determination that BP violated any anti-discrimination laws.

BP agreed to pay out to look good, they weren't forced to.

This is really no different than a company voluntarily paying money to "equal rights" charities. (equal rights in quotes because this money actually goes directly to women who applied but didn't get the job and a "Gulf-area charity that benefits women in the workplace.")

okaylol · 2012-07-04T21:14:07+00:00

Man, the day i see women doing dangerous jobs with men is the day we see equality. I rarely ever see a female worker in construction zones or anywhere in general that actually involves hard labor.

Wages in places like construction, oil fields etc should be based on performance thats included with experience and history.

2012-07-04T16:51:10+00:00

Yet another example of how large corporations will follow a law according to a cost benefit analysis rather than out of any form of ethics or morality.

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