Olivia Colman: "if I was Oliver Colman, I’d be earning a fuck of a lot more"

[pink_disco]

Olivia Colman on Pay Disparity in Hollywood: "If I Was Oliver Colman, I’d Be Earning a F*** of a Lot More" https://t.co/vBqzFWXryh
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 24, 2024

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[screamingintune]

I mean, even on a small scale level. When I worked retail there would often be a rule in place that you couldn't tell people what you made. Because they would hire new people and pay them more as a starting salary than people who'd been there for awhile were making, or whatever. Transparency is an equalizer and businesses do NOT want that. They want to be able to continue to underpay people. Or to cut hours for people who have seniority and are making more than newer people.

Example: my mom taught diversion classes to convicted DV offenders for an abused women's shelter non-profit for 25 years. She's in her 70s so she had cut down to literally one day a week, four hours, but because she'd been doing it so long, she was getting a pretty good chunk of cash for that four hours. The other employee working there was a man, young, making significantly less, because he'd essentially just started. When the pandemic hit and they all had to cut back, they went remote, and cut my mom's four hours, essentially laying her off. Their reasoning: the other guy was young and HAD A FAMILY TO SUPPORT. She was beyond aghast at it, a fucking WOMAN'S SHELTER telling her that a man supporting his family "needed" the job more.

[vvitchbaby]

> there would often be a rule in place that you couldn't tell people what you made

Reminder to those in the US that this is illegal. You can and should talk about pay with your coworkers

[inandoutofgrace]

I just googled because I recalled reading that it’s NOT illegal in Australia. Apparently the law only changed last December, and there’s a cutoff on who it would cover depending on when they entered their work contract. WTF