Fixed that for you.
It’s a simple fact that women, and minorities, are systematically underpaid and undervalued. Sure, posting the top earners without analysing the data to see perhaps hours worked is an issue but the fact remains. Sexism is rife and women are constantly overlooked for promotion and underpaid. We need to talk about that and fix it as it’s simply wrong.
Oh, it's a simple fact is it?
As a director of multiple companies in several industries you know what I stare at each year? a payroll which shows me that women are earning more than their male counterparts and work on average 20% less hours each year and have done so since as far back as I've been looking at these reports. This also doesn't take into account maternity leave and other female only benefits.
And here's another *fact* for you, you know how many HR issues I've had to deal with in the last 3 years involving petty disputes with men? 16. Do you know how many petty issues I've had to deal with regarding women in the same period? 187. 114 of which came from 'minorities'.
Here's a third fact for you, the company I last resigned from sacked a male MD and promoted a female into the position who is known to have said the following words in a crowded employee gathering "I have no idea what I'm doing most of the time. I surround myself with people who know what they're doing so they can make me look good. It's not like anyone is going to do anything I'm one of the few female MD's". This tart was known to be utterly useless and hence I departed with the firm. By the way, she is still employed by the firm and she still earns 320,000 per year. She is on the same salary band as all other MD's yet she has taken a 12 month maternity leave and has been a net cost to the firm since she was hired. In other words, on the books she owes the firm more than she has contributed. By a wide, wide, wide margin.
There was perhaps once a time when there was a pay gap however, in the six firms I have worked in during my career women have been "systemically" overpaid for less work and have without fail been involved in the majority of both work and non-work related issues.
Oh and by the way, before you go labelling me as some sort of misogynist or whatever term your type is using for men who speak common sense these days, my wife is an HR director for a large multinational bank. Suffice to say, her experience has been the same. You would not believe how much women are getting away with in both pay and behaviour and how much headache they have caused the Bank because the Bank wants to avoid "politically sensitive litigation" at all costs. Here is an example for you which she is dealing with currently. A female was hired and was "utterly useless". Has shown up late for work 87% of the time as documented by her 'female' manager, and 4 days before her probation was to end (which she was going to be let go of when it did) she filed a claim against the bank stating she has been discriminated against because of her gender which has caused her "undue stress" and the Bank is going to settle with her to the tune of 3 years of pay.
They are also in hiring mode and do you know what their directive is? Women only - irrelevant if there is a better male candidate. 400 hires required this year with a quota to fill of 80% female. Even my wife is sick to death of hearing about 'female inequality in the workplace'.
Fact.