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08-01-2018, 12:03 PM | #1 | |||
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Quite a brave thing to do imo considering the effect it could have on her career, she's getting a LOT of support though from prominent women in the industry and politicians
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08-01-2018, 12:44 PM | #2 | |||
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still 30 years at the BBC and a nice little pension
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08-01-2018, 12:50 PM | #3 | ||
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08-01-2018, 01:11 PM | #4 | |||
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I'd be interested to see the difference in experience, hours worked/content created, and traffic/views given to the content between those being paid differently.
That said, Carrie is probably too clever to fall for the "all women are paid less for equal work" thing thrown around, and the media is probably one of the few places it actually happens. But you just know that some will be like "SEE! The pay gap is real!!111" Last edited by Oliver_W; 08-01-2018 at 01:12 PM. |
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08-01-2018, 01:25 PM | #5 | |||
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"Last year, a report published by the BBC found there was a 10.7% gender pay gap in favour of men when the mean average hourly pay rates were compared." There could be a lot of factors though tbf and I haven't read that actual report. But this does sort of suggest the BBC acknowledges a pay gap?... Director general Lord Hall pledged to close the gap by 2020, saying the corporation should be "an exemplar of what can be achieved when it comes to pay, fairness, gender and representation". I don't think she's suggesting that all women are paid less than men for the same work or taking it to the extreme, but from her letter she does seem to think a pay gap exists.
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08-01-2018, 01:49 PM | #6 | |||
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When it comes to news media, the biggest decider for pay (not counting big name writers) is views or clicks. I can't see BBC China being as well-viewed as BBC USA, for example.
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08-01-2018, 01:53 PM | #7 | |||
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Would the BBC make a lot (or any) money from those sorts of things though? Might be a stupid question lol, but they don't make money from advertising right? They're public funded
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08-01-2018, 01:58 PM | #8 | |||
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quite a few firms have started to publish data, but what i am seeing are headlines that are quite misleading. There may be an overall pay gap, but as far as I can see women are rewarded the same as men when they are doing the same job. If there are more male board members than women for example, that will skew results, but its a different type of gap than headlines are implying.
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08-01-2018, 02:03 PM | #9 | |||
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Weirdly, I have only noticed her of late.
Perhaps she has been in the background for years. It would be interesting to see exactly who she compares her wage to. |
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08-01-2018, 04:21 PM | #10 | ||
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The only way to prove anything is if a man has had the same role and been paid more.Otherwise I don’t think she’ll stand a chance against a high paid BBC lawyer
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08-01-2018, 04:30 PM | #11 | |||
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As it wouldn't be a source of income, the way it'd work would be "this part of the website isn't getting as many clicks as that part of the website, so we're going to dedicate fewer resources to this." Public money is being spent, so the money is spent on what the public uses more often.
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08-01-2018, 04:36 PM | #12 | |||
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is still working for the BBC she was working this morning on Radio 4. Its a BBC Publicity stunt. If the men are earning more its Illegal under current laws why did she not take it to court? BBC breakfast made sure everyone viewed her WORKING Live on radio 4. If you work in China after so many years you have to leave. Last edited by arista; 08-01-2018 at 04:52 PM. |
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08-01-2018, 04:38 PM | #13 | |||
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She is Still working for them Gracie - who revealed live on air in 2009 that she was paid Ł92,000 - says she intends to return to her former job in the BBC's TV newsroom "where I expect to be paid equally". https://news.sky.com/story/bbc-china...money-11200154 Last edited by arista; 08-01-2018 at 04:51 PM. |
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08-01-2018, 09:20 PM | #14 | |||
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She reports from China.
One of the two men work at the same job in the Middle East, I know who should earn more. The other one is John Sopell who is the American correspondent, again, he has worked his way up and gone through much more than report from China. I think her present wage plus a Ł45K rise makes her far too overpaid as it is. |
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08-01-2018, 11:04 PM | #15 | |||
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BBC world service is monetised for sure. Its only the UK bit that's funded by the UK public
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09-01-2018, 09:30 AM | #16 | |||
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Look at the boys in here, demanding to know how much experience she has. Even women at the top of their game are patronised. No one interested to know whether the men have more experience? No... of course not. Let's just take that as read.
Carrie Gracie has turned down a pay rise of Ł45,000, saying it was never about the money, it's about equality and that she'd be perfectly happy if the men got a pay cut to bring them into line. Last edited by Livia; 09-01-2018 at 09:31 AM. |
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09-01-2018, 09:33 AM | #17 | |||
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09-01-2018, 09:54 AM | #18 | |||
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Maybe if one man was saying he was getting paid less than another man, we might wonder which of them had the more experience etc.
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09-01-2018, 10:33 AM | #19 | |||
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We're not talking about men, we're talking about women. And women have been underpaid and underrepresented on boards forever. If they had been hired by the interview panel system I might agree. But they aren't, their agents negotiate their package and it's only recently that salaries gained in that way have begun to be disclosed in the name of clarity And what it shows clearly is that professional women are paid less than professional men. And let's face it, the BBC have paid women less forever - look at the high earners list last year, the highest earners are almost exclusively men.
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No one wonders, how does he do his job? He has three kids! My brother took five years off when his kids were born, while his wife went back to work. That's called teamwork. Children aren't the sole responsibility of the women.... unless you've jaunted back to 1950. |
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09-01-2018, 11:01 AM | #24 | |||
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09-01-2018, 11:03 AM | #25 | |||
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No not at all :/ I'm suggesting prejudice exists in some people and could affect views and clicks (as we were discussing that as being something that could explain the pay divide). I think it's reasonable to assume that could be a factor? I'm not in any way suggesting that it's a valid reason to pay them differently though.
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