The Steam Room: Men Deserve to Be Paid More than Women
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Men deserved to be paid more than women
By Michael Fairhaven
Women don’t deserve to be treated equally in the workplace. I know, I know. I’m a terrible person. How can I say such heresy. But in reality I’m right for a number of reasons.
First of all, I’ve managed both men and women. Never in my career have I sat down with a man and had him cry in front of me. Women however, seem to break down in tears over everything from annual budgets to having to reboot their computers. Why is that? Does it make us feel sorry for them? I know it benefits them when they get pulled over by a police officer and they face a ticket and points on their license but believe me, when it comes time for them to be placed in an important situation, how can I trust a woman to be able to handle it appropriately? Fact is, I can’t.
And then there’s the issue of working from home. Why do they get to be able to do that? There are numerous examples of women I know who work from home a few days a week, or job share with another mom. It never benefits the company btw. It breeds contempt among the other workers and when they’re sales people, agencies end up waiting for the more liked sales rep to be working so they can get what they need from them. What if I wanted to work from home two days a week? How would my management feel about that? I would be emasculated and no doubt be passed over in the future.
I’m not sure what the differential should be, but until they work the same hours that men do, and don’t cry over every difficult situation, men should be paid more.
Agree? Disagree? Leave us a comment and get the conversation flowing.
Rich Wellen said
July 30th, 2009 at 9:08 pmCan’t say I agree. In our offices everybody is pulling just as hard on the oars, male and female alike and when my blackberry lights up at 11:00 at night its just as likely from one of my female counterparts as male. There are times when allowances need to be made when there are kids in the picture but it never equates to time off and the returns in loyalty and work output more than compensate.
Blaire said
August 4th, 2009 at 12:44 amI have seen my female coworkers cry about personal problems in the office. However, I can think of several gentlemen from other offices who have hysterically wept in professional dealings with my office. As a woman in my 20s I find it embarrassing to have to tell a man in his 40s or 50s to get it together so that we can continue with our phone call or meeting.
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Groeneweg said
November 16th, 2009 at 10:02 pmChris Andersen wrote a great book on the subject of free. I believe it?s still available, free, in audio form from audible. The wonderful thing about the internet is it gives all of us the chance to build relationships at little more cost than our time. Which is slowly killing off the yellow highlighter scorched-earth crowd who still believe they only have one shot at you. Thanks for the great post.