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男女同工不同酬？症结可能并不于此

话题导读

你是否有听过女性职场“天花板”呢？也就是说，女性职员在达到一定级别之后陷入发展困局，晋升的空间越来越小。还有人认为男女会存在同工不同酬的差别待遇。然而近期Korn Ferry (美国一家咨询公司)对欧洲870万员工进行了调查，发现在相同职位上的男女薪资其实非常接近。因此，真正的差异或许并不在于同工不同酬，而在于职场环境普遍更利于男性，职位越高越是如此。

今日思考

你如何理解女性职场“天花板”的存在？想想身边的例子，究竟是男女同工不同酬，还是男女本身获得同一个职位的机会就有所不同呢？

英文原文

Go Figure: The Gender Pay Gap

Are women really paid much less than men for the same work, as is often claimed? Figures from 25 rich and middle-income countries gathered by Korn Ferry, a consultancy, show that women make 98 cents for each dollar earned by men employed at the same organisation, level and job function. Overall, women earn on average 79% of what men do, but this gap can be almost entirely explained by the fact that men are more likely to do highly paid jobs—not because they are paid more than women doing the same work. In Britain, France and Germany, for example, around 80-90% of executive jobs, and less than two-thirds of clerical jobs, are held by men. Closing the gender pay gap willtherefore depend on eliminating the barriers that prevent women reaching senior positions. Slogans demanding equal pay for equal work, however, can be safely packed away.

生词好句

figure /'fɪgə/: n. 数字, 数据