Originally posted by Pursuinghappiness
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Many years ago I worked in hotel industry as HR manager (called Director of Personnel back in those days). At the time, most people who held these so-called senior management jobs were women. At the time I belonged to the city 'Personnel Managers Association' which met monthly. I don't recall ever seeing a male at any of those meetings. When men did start to fill those positions there was a huge wage disparity. Men would be hired with the new title "Human Resources Manager" at double the pay of his predecessor. He did the same job. Woman had a title but were paid not much more than an executive secretary. Nowadays these positions pay significantly more money. I often wonder if it is because men now hold these positions? Same thing was for bank managers. If you were a woman you were given the title "officer in charge" but never "bank manager" and the salary reflected this. There is nothing quite as humiliating as training someone fresh out of university (a male) for your job, knowing the guy is going to earn 3 x what you do. I saw that happen countless times over the years. Fast forward to the years when my then-husband and I owned our trucking business. I dealt with most of the financing of equipment. I never once, in 30 years, came across a female bank manager (with credit-granting authority over 50k.). I wonder if it is still the same way?
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