Things that make you go hmmm...
So, I had to fill out the hourly rate and over-all earnings on my own time sheet this week, due to the holiday crunching our turn-in time, and that meant I got a look at the hourly rates of my dear co-workers here at the USC LGBT Center, and noticed some interesting trends:
1.) The male work-study student hired on last semester has the highest wage rate, and is making above the University's average work-study starting wage.
2.) The female work-study student who was hired several semesters ago has the middle wage rate, and has not seen significant pay raises. She is also making *below* the University's average work-study starting wage.
3.) The African American female work-study student who was hired on last semester has the lowest wage rate, working below the University's average work-study starting wage, and receiving a full dollar lower wage than her male peer hired at the same time.
Possible reasons for the male student receiving a higher wage rate may be related to the special position assigned to him as "event coordinator," however, to my knowledge said student's special position was never offered to the female work-study students, even though one of them has obvious seniority and thus more experience working in the LGBT Center. Whether the male student has any special skills not possessed by his female African American peer is unknown, and in all actuality said "event coordinator" does not appear to have many duties and/or tasks differing from those of his female peers, and certainly none requiring ambiguous "special skills."
Am I the only one who thinks this seems fishy?
1.) The male work-study student hired on last semester has the highest wage rate, and is making above the University's average work-study starting wage.
2.) The female work-study student who was hired several semesters ago has the middle wage rate, and has not seen significant pay raises. She is also making *below* the University's average work-study starting wage.
3.) The African American female work-study student who was hired on last semester has the lowest wage rate, working below the University's average work-study starting wage, and receiving a full dollar lower wage than her male peer hired at the same time.
Possible reasons for the male student receiving a higher wage rate may be related to the special position assigned to him as "event coordinator," however, to my knowledge said student's special position was never offered to the female work-study students, even though one of them has obvious seniority and thus more experience working in the LGBT Center. Whether the male student has any special skills not possessed by his female African American peer is unknown, and in all actuality said "event coordinator" does not appear to have many duties and/or tasks differing from those of his female peers, and certainly none requiring ambiguous "special skills."
Am I the only one who thinks this seems fishy?