05-17-2016, 07:53 PM
It may have existed when I first got into my career field, but I can't be sure, because I had no other females in my career field near me with which to talk to and compare salaries.
And have only met one other in over a decade, from what she and I have pieced together, we make the same and sometimes more than our male counterparts.
As for the wage gap, I work with both black men and white men, no Hispanics, but one naturalized citizen from India, we are all on roughly the same pay scale depending on certification level in Waste Water Treatment and experience.
I can tell you from trying to help females needing a job and intelligence to obtain certification get into my field, the resounding answer is "ew, I might get dirty" or something that translates to that.
So, honestly if there is a gap, it comes from their own stupidity for not realizing pretty clothes and shoes at work does not always equal and usually doesn't equal what someone who gets dirty for a living is going to make.
And have only met one other in over a decade, from what she and I have pieced together, we make the same and sometimes more than our male counterparts.
As for the wage gap, I work with both black men and white men, no Hispanics, but one naturalized citizen from India, we are all on roughly the same pay scale depending on certification level in Waste Water Treatment and experience.
I can tell you from trying to help females needing a job and intelligence to obtain certification get into my field, the resounding answer is "ew, I might get dirty" or something that translates to that.
So, honestly if there is a gap, it comes from their own stupidity for not realizing pretty clothes and shoes at work does not always equal and usually doesn't equal what someone who gets dirty for a living is going to make.