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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Replying to @JuliaHB1 @Simpletonslogic
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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I have no axe to grind here at all. I’m sure Carrie Gracie is a total pro. But she is not a star and the China Editor job is not remotely comparable with N America editor. I think this is a manufactured story.
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Replying to @JuliaHB1 @Simpletonslogic
She's not a "star". She's a professional journalist working at the cutting edge of her profession, with a skill set almost no-one else in her profession possesses. She was offered a job under false pretences, and is justifiably furious. That's not "manufactured".
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And given just how often stories about the BBC *are* "manufactured", not least by publications which frequently employ you, I have to wonder why it's this incident that earns your condemnation.
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I'll be watching your feed with interest for comments about manufactured outrage the next time the Mail or the Express decide to take a side swipe at the BBC.
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I don’t give the views of any organisation in my twitter feed. I give my own views. You should try it some time. X
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I find it telling that it's this manufactured outrage you're so outspoken about and not all the others that just happen to be generated by venues which employ you. But which organisation's views do you think I'm giving, if not my own?
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