BBC pay: Men still dominate star salaries list

antijoke · 11 Jul 2018 at 13:46

So the beeb have published their top earners and again it's DOMINATED by men once again.

BBC on-air salary list 2017-18
1. Gary Lineker - £1,750,000-£1,759,999

2. Chris Evans - £1,660,000-£1,669,999

3. Graham Norton - £600,000-£609,999

4. Steve Wright - £550,000-£559,999

5. Huw Edwards - £520,000-£529,999

6. Jeremy Vine - £440,000-£449,999

=7. Nicky Campbell - £410,000-£419,999

=7. Alan Shearer - £410,000-£419,999

=9. John Humphrys - £400,000-£409,999

=9. Nick Grimshaw - £400,000-£409,999

=9. Stephen Nolan - £400,000-£409,999

=9. Andrew Marr - £400,000-£409,999

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertai...breaking&ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter

Claudia Winkleman is still the top woman, on £370,000-£379,999. Mary Berry and Newsnight's Emily Maitlis are among eight women to have joined the list.

When it comes to this I can't help but think if we were to compare Claudia with Gary (as the top earners) then surely we must break it down to working hours, I mean how many shows a year does Claudia do for the BBC vs how many shows of MoTD (and other games) does Gary do.

This obsession with the "pay gap" seriously needs to go away.

B@Th*nG · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:05

Alan Shearer?! He's a personality void.

B@

placeholder · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:14

The wages bill for Radio 2 must be absolutely huge in comparison to the rest of the output.

Dis86 · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:15

I can't believe people pay nick grimshaw. He's absolutely dire.

MooMoo444 · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:17

1.7m for sitting on a sofa and reading from an autocue once a week is daft regardless of it being male or female.

jimjamuk · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:18

Dis86 said:
I can't believe people pay nick grimshaw. He's absolutely dire.

Yep thats the main story here. Dunno what they were expecting they only did the first review a short time ago. I'm sure and people leave and join and sign new contracts things will become a bit better in terms of gender pay gap.

placeholder · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:20

jimjamuk said:
Yep thats the main story here. Dunno what they were expecting they only did the first review a short time ago. I'm sure and people leave and join and sign new contracts things will become a bit better in terms of gender pay gap.

well they have ruined two perfectly good presenters by tying to shoe-horn Jo Wiley into a prime time slot on Radio 2 because their day time schedules were male dominated so Im not sure any changes will be to the benefit of the viewers/listeners.

almoststew1990 · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:22

I hope the BBC has not confused correlation with causation, that would be silly. Just because there are no women in the top 10 list doesn't mean that it is because they are women. The BBC's analysis of the data concluding that "no women are in top 10 list" is just as valid as something like "no under - 25's in the top 10 list" or "no attack helicopters in top 10 list". So many other factors could be at play here. Age, experience, hours worked, skin colour, commitment to the BBC, money / viewers they bring into the BBC...

The BBC should try to work out what that factor is. It might well be that "being a women" is a proxy for a combination of factors.

These people are supposedly at the top of their game. Therefore their careers have spanned 20, 30, 40 years. Attitudes were different back then and the resulting pay / responsibility gap is carried 'up the chain'. In the same way that many that many CEOs are old, white men; non-white people and women would have been less likely to get into said career 30 years ago, so the elites today are all white men. I would be concerned if young, inexperienced team members at the start of their careers, who will be at the top of their game in 30 years, were paid differently today based on gender.

~>Dg<~ · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:22

think logically and dont be a pc *********.what does gary linekar represent.can a women represent the same have done the same ? no. so stop with the nonscense. he was a legend in football. no women has the same credentials. ********* island i tell ya.

why is snow flake classed as a swear word ?

ebilcake · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:23

Why can't they just be honest, the male presenters bring in more viewers / listeners and that's the only reason they need to pay them more., why does it even need to be explained?

Dis86 · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:25

ebilcake said:
Why can't they just be honest, the male presenters bring in more viewers / listeners and that's the only reason they need to pay them more., why does it even need to be explained?

Cos...cos...equality!

~>Dg<~ · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:28

Dis86 said:
Cos...cos...equality!

the funny thing is all the equality people fighting for equality make seperate groups to complain about equality.its comedy gold.lets make a seperate group to complain about not being equal. pure genius

Ayahuasca · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:32

ebilcake said:
Why can't they just be honest, the male presenters bring in more viewers / listeners and that's the only reason they need to pay them more., why does it even need to be explained?

There's an evergrowing section of society that is vouching for equality of outcome that's why.

MooMoo444 · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:36

Need more gender neutral presenters to be honest. Also helicopters.

adolf hamster · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:40

i'd be more concerned that of the names i recognise on that list are people i'd expect to be paying me to get airtime.....

Randomface74 · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:41

Ayahuasca said:
There's an evergrowing section of society that is vouching for equality of outcome that's why.

aka. morons.

d_brennen · 11 Jul 2018 at 14:44

Hypnotoad for MoTD

Lord-Jaffa · 11 Jul 2018 at 15:13

No such thing as a pay gap.

Roar87 · 11 Jul 2018 at 15:24

MooMoo444 said:
1.7m for sitting on a sofa and reading from an autocue once a week is daft regardless of it being male or female.

Almost as daft as not understanding how the free market works. Gary Linekar is worth £1.7m because other companies would pay him that or more, the BBC aims to be a competitive broadcaster so they need to pay their talent market rate, or at least close to that. I personally think the BBC football team are great, the ITV team is rubbish, so they're doing a good job and worth the money if you ask me.

danlightbulb · 11 Jul 2018 at 15:28

Useless data until its displayed as per hour worked.