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"was that companies with flexible work policies or maternity leave benefits were actually linked with a slower promotion of women into top ranks. The explanatio
by renaudg 11y ago
"was that companies with flexible work policies or maternity leave benefits were actually linked with a slower promotion of women into top ranks. The explanation: Such benefits can lead to a check-the-box mentality, in which companies think they've done enough to help women along."
Or how about the more likely (but less P.C.) explanation : taking more time off work leads to well... less opportunities at work. As it arguably should be (because meritocracy)
Is the alternative (artificially "correcting" pay gaps) really fair to other colleagues who worked their asses off ? I can understand the good intent but it's a slippery slope : is that also going to apply to men who decide to take time off for hobbies, or is it a female-only privilege btw ?
- morbius 11y agoTime off for hobbies and maternity leave are two very, very different things. Also, slippery slope arguments are considered so fallacious because they're often the most extreme visions of what will happen, when the most likely change will be very, very little. The same rhetoric was used to inhibit women's voting rights, but ended up being fallacious as well.
- undersuit 11y agoAre hobbies and child-rearing really that much different? Hobbies can be just as time consuming and expensive. Some hobbies can interfere with work in a long term way just like maternity leave. Really the similarity only falls part that maternity is sometimes not a choice... and I'd rather not open the can of worms that is abortion; let's just assume that just like a hobby, you have chosen this path.
- karmakaze 11y agoOne may also be 'exposed' to a hobby and their degree of involvement is not a choice.