The economy sucks no matter if you have boy bits or lady bits.
Having said that, my male friends have been getting crushed in the job market. I'm making 10k less than I did last year for the same work, and I'm one of the lucky ones. A couple of guys are 12 to 18 months between jobs, and with few nibbles. My female friends have, for the most part, done OK, with few layoffs or downward mobility.
@telecomic the thoughtful red panda: Perhaps that's a function of men getting paid more for the same work. This is just a (somewhat educated) guess, but if their salary history/requirements are higher than the women they're competing with for jobs, then they're going to lose out to the "cheaper" candidates. Their higher pay probably also contributed to their getting laid off, in terms of cost-cutting.
@ronniedobbs: I thought about that, and that seems like it might work. I think the classic male ego has something to do with it. "I was getting paid 90k at my last job, why would I look at this 75k job?" A few months later, you talk yourself into a 75k gig, and that's not available anymore, but there's no way you could take a 60k, right?
Sadly, I suffered from this back after the dot-com collapse. I figured that because Flybynighttelecom.com thought I was worth 90k, that Comcast's offer of 55k plus bonuses was insulting. I turned that down. Nine months later, I was working at Chili's for 2.35 an hour plus tips, kicking myself hourly for not taking the Comcast gig.
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10/09/09
Having said that, my male friends have been getting crushed in the job market. I'm making 10k less than I did last year for the same work, and I'm one of the lucky ones. A couple of guys are 12 to 18 months between jobs, and with few nibbles. My female friends have, for the most part, done OK, with few layoffs or downward mobility.
10/09/09
10/09/09
Sadly, I suffered from this back after the dot-com collapse. I figured that because Flybynighttelecom.com thought I was worth 90k, that Comcast's offer of 55k plus bonuses was insulting. I turned that down. Nine months later, I was working at Chili's for 2.35 an hour plus tips, kicking myself hourly for not taking the Comcast gig.
10/09/09
10/09/09
KILL ME