I heard about a lot of companies who hire women specifically so they can pay them less.
That make me wonder, in a perfect world where there is no pay gap, what would be the effect on woman employment rate.
Would companies hire equal percentage of workers from both genders or would something else happen?
I have never once seen a pay scale that has seperate grades for women. The “women make less” statistic is weighted by women taking time off to raise children, that they are more likely to be primary caregivers and less able to do overtime and so on. (Which yes does figure into the problem)
That isnt to say that in jobs where staff can negotiate their own salary or recieve offers there IS DEFINITELY a problem with women recieving lower offers. Also being offered less chances for advancement, etc. But there isnt a company that would ever have the balls to deliberately put a lower pay scale for women on paper these days.
I think you’re underestimating how deep the pay gap goes.
“women’s work” jobs are so consistently paid less that mere career choice is a huge part of the pay gap.
I work in a setting where everybody gets the same wage based on their job level and experience. I assume that out office staff has parity between the genders.
The blue collar part of the company is 99% men.
