She didnt have to accept the salary offered, but she did thus making her own bed, the guys clearly hung out for more
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Did you actually read her letter? She took the job after having been told (lied to) that the job paid the same as other comparable positions. When she found out that she'd been lied to, she asked for this to be rectified. It wasn't, so she quit.
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The other jobs she believed were comparable were actually senior to hers. There are no comparable jobs at that level. She was a nobody, not a star like Sobel and Bowen. So she’s paid less. Nothing to do with her gende.
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International editor job, which requires fluency in a rare language for someone with her other skills and experience, as working in extremely complex conditions. She was also, as she notes, assured when she took the job that it was at pay parity with Sopel and others.
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You'll note, too, that the BBC don't agree with you that US and ME editor jobs are senior to China, because they explicitly told Carrie that they weren't when they offered her the job.
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The BBC has to say many things to play along with the madness. No one sane working in the media thinks those are comparable jobs.
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So, the BBC managers who define the job told Carrie, who they hired for the job, that they were comparable, but you, an outsider with a weird axe to grind, has decided they're not? Why should I believe you over her and the people who wrote the job description?
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And I don't even understand your lack of empathy here, gender politics aside. How would you feel if you took a job after having been explicitly assured you were being paid the same as others, only to then find out you'd been lied to? You'd not be cross?
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She made an effort to highlight the gender bias in society. Two old men, who benefit from such bias, see her as a point of ridicule because of it. Your dogmatic leap to the other side of the argument destroyed your credibility as a source of reliable insight long ago
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They’re not two old men. They are two very talented, hugely experienced professionals & household names who are highly paid because of those facts not because of gender bias. No one had even heard of Carrie Gracie.
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So were Richard Keyes and Andy Gray...
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Kind of think you’re missing the point... is that deliberate to increase your twitter presence by any chance??
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Why do I need to do that? I tweet what I think about the news. Is that ok with you?
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Of course it is. Whatever just floats your boat!
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It's amazing how distorted things can appear when you squint at them with one eye shut. Raising an issue about gender inequality in salaries becomes "complains about her salary" - world has gone mad eh?
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She publicly accused her own employer of criminality. Gross misconduct & instant sacking in any other office.
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Now try that with the other eye.
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I’m with you Julia dear. Women wanting equal pay to men for the same work is definitely evidence of a world gone mad.
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They get the same pay at Wimbledon but only play half the tennis, now that is truly mad/wrong.
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Should 100m runners get paid less than marathon runners?
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What an absurd comparison. You actually make my point for me: you can’t compare apples with pears. Meaningless.
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