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- Path: sparky!uunet!meaddata!markw
- From: markw@meaddata.com (Mark Wasson)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: EE statements (was: Re: Attention Skiers Boycotting Colorado)
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 18:19:06 GMT
- Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
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- References: <1992Dec30.232829.25789@PacBell.COM> <1htdr4INN8sj@hp-col.col.hp.com> <1992Dec31.171339.28754@PacBell.COM>
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- In article <1992Dec31.171339.28754@PacBell.COM>, rjwill6@PacBell.COM (Rod Williams) writes:
- |> > smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
- |> >> rjwill6@PacBell.COM (Rod Williams) writes:
- |>
- |> >> And this doesn't even address lower payment of single
- |> >> employees.
- |> >
- |> >When I was single, I didn't have a problem with married
- |> >people at my same level getting paid more; I figured they
- |> >needed it, as they had more responsibilities to take care
- |> >of. I don't know that this is really an EE issue.
- |>
- |> But they don't always have "more responsibilities." If they
- |> don't have children and their spouse is also working, why
- |> should they get more compensation than their single counterparts?
- |> Why does the company arbitrarily decide who "needs it" and
- |> who deosn't, merely on the basis of a marriage certificate?
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- There are also different kinds of responsibilities. Raising children
- does take extra money, but so does buying a fancy house or a fancy
- car. I certainly don't equate children to houses or cars, but all of
- these are optional lifestyle choices. If I were to overextend myself
- by buying such a house or car, I certainly would not expect my
- employer to come to my rescue. Why should I expect it to do so if I
- have more kids or spouses than I can afford.
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- I don't see why an employer should go out of its way to reward some
- lifestyle choices and not others. An employer should reward an
- employee an amount commensurate with the value that employee brings to
- the company - not how that employee chooses to live his or her life.
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- Mark
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