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more about #paygap more comments → Bgirl_Hamster: I wonder if this is because most boards of directors (who set CEO salaries) are comprised of men? Just throwing that thought out there. more » Agumen: This is where the pay-gap feminism sometimes loses me. 1. No-one should earn this much. It's obscene, and can't be justified. 2. If we closed this p... more » msAnthrope: off topic, but is anybody else weirded out by larry ellison's complete lack of eyebrows? his hair isn't that light... does he pluck them off or what? more » midwestdesigner: I certainly hope once this recession is over that women aren't pressured (more than now) to go back home, a la post-WWII. "Great job ladies! Now you c... more » Lymed: I'm more concerned about the pay disparity between somebody makes $100 million a year and the person who cleans the office building. And more and mor... more » tiredfairy: I'd like to be all equal pay about this...but I'm frankly disgusted that any one person is making 100 million dollars in a year. I have a hard time be... more » TheFormerJuneBronson: I don't really care what any of them makes as long as I don't have health insurance. Yes, I'm bitter. To stay remotely on-topic, though, beyond a cert... more » Le Coucher d'Yvette: Having just left a plaintiff's firm where billable hours is a joke - seriously, I spent a lot of time not doing work and the partners spent a lot of t... more » Jack_Burton: Hasn't the shift been towards contracts rather than billables recently? For a lot of corporate clients, anyway? Seems like this would be more supporti... more » crunkjuice: I'm a total nerd and actually DVR "America and the Courts" on C-SPAN. Shush. I like it. Anyway, a few weeks ago the program was a recording of a panel... more » Trulymadlyme: Absolutely not. Law firms are notorious for not exactly telling the truth to its workers (See: Stealth layoff, paternity leave, which one takes at his... more » WaltzingMatilda: Anyone hiring in-house? I gotta get out of this system. It's killing my soul. It's not changing anytime soon. I have stories that I can't/won't tell b... more » odinsraven: There are many reasons I did not pursue a job in BigLaw - billables being one of them. I have complete sympathy for the difficulties women in firms fa... more » sportz.star: Having left the law firm world to work in-house I say absolutely yes. The billable hour model, as noted repeatedly above, has perverse incentives and ... more » Never_Nude: My hubby and I have a VERY small firm, just the two of us and no employees. We do mainly family law and immigration for the Spanish-speaking communit... more » -
#glaceiling
What Fortune's Highest-Paid Women Say About The Rest Of Us
Fortune's 25 highest-paid women make way less than the highest-paid men. Is this a problem?
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#legalladies
Can Legal Compensation Reform Help Lady Lawyers?
Elie Mystal critiques Patricia Gillette's assertions that the recession is the time to make changes in the billable hours and promotion systems at law firms that will benefit women. Jeze-lawyers, weigh in. [Above the Law]
