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Does the way you speak reveal how much you earn?
- sidcool 8y agoTo certain extent yes. From a personal experience, people who earn more (legally) tend to bring out the topic of possessions, vacations, pay etc.
- alfredallan1 8y agoSorry to nitpick, but the topic/article is about the way people speak, not the topics they speak about. To quote from the linked page, it “analyses the relationships between our voices and our incomes”.
- thisisit 8y agoElizabeth Holmes seems to have learned a thing or two from this study. In the book, Bad Blood, it is claimed that her baritone was fake.
- timrichard 8y agoIIRC (from a documentary I saw), the same thing got coached into Margaret Thatcher in the late 70s.
- perpetualpatzer 8y agoAm i missing the article? All i see on the link is a blurb repeating the question and a call to action to sign up for a newsletter. (On mobile)
- majewsky 8y agoIt's a video. The header image is the video player.
- lostcolony 8y agoThere's a video. Lower the voice of a CEO, higher the pay, basically. Though only statistically significant for males, as too few female CEOs to draw firm conclusions.
- simonswords82 8y agoThe BBC article headlines are becoming more click-baity by the day.
- curiousgal 8y agoTL;DW a Study found that CEOs with deeper voices earned more. No link to said study. Total waste of 3 minutes.
- ealhad 8y agoWell, thank you. I wish the media acted more seriously...