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A report out today has said that at the current rate of pay, it is going to take about 98 years for women managers to catch men up for them to have equal pay.
So this whole gender issue got me thinking about our own industry and the role women play, especially in sales.
The majority of sales people I’ve come across working in this industry have mostly been men. In fact all the sales people that have worked where I do have been male. Not through choice of the business, but only because it has only ever been men that have applied for jobs. I pose the question then: do we need more women in sales in this industry?
Would women be able to improve the image of the industry? I’ve always been of the perception that men have always been quite aggressive in the way they go about their work. And the industry does still have the image of a stuffy, old fashioned, middle-aged men controlled sector. Maybe more women sales people with a less aggressive approach might help to shake off that smokey old image.
Women are certainly capable of doing the job. Which brings me on to the issue of pay. There should be no reason why the pay for women should be any less than men. Same amount of work, same amount of pay – simple!
In a general context, there shouldn’t be such a large gap in pay between men and women. We’re living in a modern age, everyone should be paid in the same manner, and based on the work they do and how well they do it. Though as a parting shot to women tennis players. If you want to be paid the same as men in Grand Slams, play the same amount of sets! I would fully expect the men to be paid less if they played less sets than the women.
So this whole gender issue got me thinking about our own industry and the role women play, especially in sales.
The majority of sales people I’ve come across working in this industry have mostly been men. In fact all the sales people that have worked where I do have been male. Not through choice of the business, but only because it has only ever been men that have applied for jobs. I pose the question then: do we need more women in sales in this industry?
Would women be able to improve the image of the industry? I’ve always been of the perception that men have always been quite aggressive in the way they go about their work. And the industry does still have the image of a stuffy, old fashioned, middle-aged men controlled sector. Maybe more women sales people with a less aggressive approach might help to shake off that smokey old image.
Women are certainly capable of doing the job. Which brings me on to the issue of pay. There should be no reason why the pay for women should be any less than men. Same amount of work, same amount of pay – simple!
In a general context, there shouldn’t be such a large gap in pay between men and women. We’re living in a modern age, everyone should be paid in the same manner, and based on the work they do and how well they do it. Though as a parting shot to women tennis players. If you want to be paid the same as men in Grand Slams, play the same amount of sets! I would fully expect the men to be paid less if they played less sets than the women.
>Intersting post. I agree that there shouldn't be such a large gap in pay, and it shouldn't need to take 98 years for women to catch up. Personally I believe it a woman is better at her job than her male counterpart, she should get more. The same would apply the other way round. It shouldn't be down to gender.
At Double Glazing Doctor we have female workers and one that goes out to help our main male fitter, which I'm impressed with but, I do believe strength plays into the factor of more men in the sector.
>An interesting topic – there are many women top execs who for example, choose to work from home or take time out to have kids etc and some men would take exception to earning the same as a female who may want more flexible working?
I agree women should be paid the same as their male counterparts, however the time, effort and conditions given to that role should be exactly the same as men.
>In any profession women have the right to earn just as much as men. I do not know much about sales but I know that in warehouses across the country, women do not get paid nearly enough for what they do, especially when their job requires the same amount of strength and effort as a man would have to put into his job (and no matter how much people argue, the average woman is not biologically as strong as a man). Regardless of the profession, to base your earnings on your gender is so outdated, and to say this is… Read more »