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Originally Posted by Boreas
Can you list these advantages?
And if you were at the lower or middle end of retail, how is it that you were in a position to know what your female coworkers were paid and hoe that compared to what their male counterparts were paid?
How exactly did this voluntary affirmative action "propel" women forward in their careers?
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Be glad to explain.
I spoke to many advantages already. I'll go over them again.
1) Women were a preferred hire.
2) Women stared at the same pay BUT all employees received commission as well. When physical work was called for, the men did it. This removed the men from the sales floor so the women were at an advantage in pay.
3) Women were the preferable sex for promotions.
4) women received maternity leave, men did,'t
5) Women were not sent to "tough" areas. You know NJ. In the company I was with the men worked the Paterson, Newark, Passaic, East Orange... stores. Women stayed in Bergen County or Livingston or Wayne... I recall men quieting rather than accept the transfer to some tough neighborhoods. Not a women ever asked.
You have to recall, this was the late 70's. Corps wanted no suits brought so men got passed over left and right.
Bear in mind, I am not like the other poster, I am not upset at any of this. Just telling you what I saw and why I never saw it as an issue.
I worked in the lower end of retail not on the bottom rung . Maybe I misspoke. I worked with the middle and lower end in retail.
I did the payrolls so I know exactly who made what. Then I supervised the payrolls and did the hiring with the companies objectives in mind. I guess I was really middle or upper management although it never felt it. lol
I generally had upwards of 50 people I was fully in charge of so I knew....
I have had this conversation with my eldest daughter and she thinks being a female has never limited her. Generally been an aid. I can't say how but she has thought that in general terms and expressed that feeling to me. She does quite well except she was a knuckle head going to work for a start up just before she got married. She lost tons of benefits she would have had if she stayed put.