Related but minor segue............. i notice it brings up the gender paygap....... in their defence they do mention it is partly because statistically women still tend to be the carers in a relationship more than the men, however i do wish this was not glossed over most of the time.
if 10000 women and men both have the same career history and the women are getting paid less on average then that is an issue which needs to be solved - and this may well be the case. Whether this is because on average women choose not to be so career focussed or whether companies take advantage of their female staff, or if men just complain more (and squeeky wheels get the grease) i do not know... All these issues can be looked at but have significantly different solutions.
BUT it really grinds my gears when the media just look at women as a whole and men as a whole and use that as proof that there is inequality in the work place.
when you are talking mass numbers of course women will get paid lower on average, because, until men on average take the same amount of time off work than women do looking after their family, then on average a woman of X number of years age will have less experience than the male equivalent. Other than encouraging men to split the child care (something a lot of bosses do not want, i can say with experience as i only work 90% full time over 4 days since having a child), i dont think there is anything needed to fix on this reason specifically.
I’m 33 and work 58 hours a week over 6 days. No holiday pay, no sick pay and no pension. (Although I do pay £500 a month into a private pension). I’m on £76k after tax, as self-employed IT engineer.
