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The bad news: women still only make 81 cents for every dollar a man earns, and the higher a woman's education level, the bigger the gap between a woman's pay and her male counterpart's pay. The good news: some college majors set female graduates with bachelor's degrees on a path that actually puts them on course to earn almost exactly what their male counterparts earn. Almost-hooray! More »
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Anyone who has ever worked in the restaurant industry can tell you that it can be incredibly unpleasant for everyone involved, but a new study has found that, in fact, it's an especially terrible place for women to work. To begin with, they make less money. Women servers who work full-time earn 68 percent of the salary their male counterparts make—and black women servers make only 60 percent. This disparity is explained largely by the fact that the highest-earning positions in the industry are dominated by men. For instance, only 19 percent of chefs are women. More »
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It doesn't take a PhD in How Shit Works Studies to understand that the notion that any of us can really "have it all" is absurd. The perfect family, the perfect career, the perfect sex life, and the perfect body are all such demanding mistresses that unless we prioritize and choose one or two, we end up with none of the above, drinking Beringer & Buble alone in front of TV on a Friday while the kids smear popsicles in our hair. But why are so many women choosing to focus on "fixing" their physical imperfections rather than working toward other goals? Are diet-related goals ruining everything? More »
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A depressing new study has found that when they solve problems in groups, women tend to do worse than their IQ would suggest. The researchers aren't sure why this is, but we have some theories. More »
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Remember the recession (or, alternately: he-cession, or man-cession, or The Great American Economic Cockblock) when no one could shut up about how men were losing their jobs in droves and ladies were the only people gainfully employed? Well, banish those obnoxious neologisms from your vocabulary right this instant— employers are hiring again, and they're overwhelmingly hiring desperate men willing to lower themselves to work in traditional female occupations. Welcome to the he-covery. More »
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A new report issued by a Swedish labor agency indicates that female managers don't reduce the pay gap between male and female employees. If not even perfect, stoic, ice cold, blond, Ikea-decorated egalitarian socialist paradise Sweden can overcome the pesky gendered pay gap, then what faint hope do we have in the land of NFL cheerleaders, small town beauty pageant swimsuit competitions, and Slutoween? More »
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People change. Dreams change. By my highly scientific and official count, you change your mind about three hundred and thirty-three point six gazillion times between kindergarten and age 30. But let's pretend this chart, created by a young inner-city schoolteacher, is a wonderful sign of things to come: Only one "princess" and one "millionaire." More »
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Fewer than 10% of Dutch women work full-time, and face one of the highest wage gaps in Europe—"and they like it this way," says Slate writer Jessica Olien. American women, put down those Blackberries and take note. More »
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Writing on MSNBC, Eve Tahmincioglu really kind of sums it up: "Too sexy. Too frumpy. Too conservative. Women can't get a break when it comes to what they choose to wear to work." Which is, it turns out, a problem. More »
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"If I had diabetes I would probably tell my company," Sandy says. "But I've never told them this." By "this," she means the fact that she suffers from depression. More »
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According to one economist, women are less likely to work night or other unconventional shifts. Since these shifts often pay more, scheduling may contribute to the wage gap. Of course, the notorious second shift may impact women's scheduling "choices." [NYT] More »
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Leadership coach Peggy Klaus says a recent study by the Workplace Bullying Institute (?!?) finds that female bullies direct their dysfunction at other women more than 70 percent of the time. More »
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Much has been made of kids who get bullied recently — Billy Wolfe, in fact, was on the Today show this morning — but the truth is, many of us face bullies as adults: At work. On a BusinessWeek blog, Cathy Arnst writes about an editor she once had: "Whenever I made a mistake—and in the beginning I made many, many mistakes—he would stand over me in the open newsroom and scream at me, impugning my intelligence and professional skills in language I've rarely heard since. I had nightmares about those tirades for years afterwards. Needless to say, I never made the same mistake twice." According to a New York Times piece by Tara Parker-Pope yesterday, 37% of American workers have experienced bullying on the job. More »
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Tokyo-based marketing firm Hime & Company allows its employees to take paid time off after a bad break-up, reports Reuters. And the older you are, the more time you're allotted. CEO Miki Hiradate, whose company of six women markets cosmetics, says, "Not everyone needs to take maternity leave but with heartbreak, everyone needs time off, just like when you get sick." Beats crying in the bathroom or huddled in your cubicle, that's for sure. Hiradate also allows mornings off twice a year for shopping the sales, and is certain to be inundated with résumés. [Reuters] More »
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The British government is going to outlaw "sexist" career advice, like encouraging girls to go into hairdressing. The new Education Bill, reports the Telegraph, is supposed to attempt to bring some equality to the kinds of jobs young women and men are encouraged to explore. Ed Balls [Heh, heh. -Ed.], Secretary of Children, Schools and Families says: "I want more young women being encouraged and supported to have a career in engineering and more young men being encouraged to have a career in child care. It won't suit everyone but it's important to consider all the options." Of course, the highest wages are in the male-dominated fields. (There's a 40% wage gap between male and female trainees, sigh.) When it comes to vocational exams, it's clear where the gender differences lay: Almost 8,000 male students took engineering last year — compared with 350 females; while 4,500 female pupils studied health and social care, compared with 350 males. More »
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