ALSO the word in the theatre community in NYC is that Billy actually was a pretty stand-up guy in that entire situation. Supposedly Mary-Louise Parker was (is?) an absolute nightmare and she fucked him over many times during their relationship. He could have trashed her when all the nastiness went down but he kept his…

Now that I read into this Tristan dude, there have been red flags all over! Dude was caught making out and motor boating (jfc) two woman back in October. I’m guessing Khloe realizes. I’m mean, how could she not? On another note, but similar...Naomi better watch out! I believe Billy left his pregnant wife (Mary-Louise…

I worked for four years at a mid-size family owned (father/son) company. The father was 83 when I started. From Norway, and an old-school sexist who really disapproved of women who worked outside the home, but he wasn’t there much and I mostly worked with his son - who was a bit of a frat-boyish douche, but not awful…

Oh my god that’s awful. And I guess when they realized the suspected pay disparity went the other way, and you were making so much less than them, their sense of fairness evaporated just like that?

I had been working at a company for about a year, and was the top producer and basically needed no oversight. I ask my male boss for a raise. Fucker had the gall to tell me that I didn’t deserve a raise because I didn’t smile enough. I didn’t work with the public — I sat a computer all day. I soon found out (when…

I worked in the non-profit sector for years. At one particularly high-profile zoo, I was hired as a supervisor for front-end operations when I was in my mid 20s, unmarried with no kids. My boss and I enjoyed a very friendly relationship, and we, and other management employees would grab beers after work occasionally.…

I got a coworker hired into my new department from my old department. He and I did the same job previously and we’re hired for the same job in the new area. I had been with the company longer. When he was hired in, he was given $4 more per hour than me.

I work in a warehouse. 4 of us do the exact same job and started at the exact same wage. One woman and I started early enough in the year that we were eligible for a raise at the end of the summer when raises are handed out to all the employees. Another woman and a man did not get raises that first time. Both of us…

I was hired as a archaeological field director at an environmental firm. I thought I was doing ok at 16.00 an hour. When I first started the two other men at the same level as me kept making comments that I was making more than them for about the first month. Which would have been understandable since I had more…

I was “laid off” a just a handful of weeks before I gave birth. I was the only person “restructured.” Funny how that happened to every pregnant person in that office.

My company (a self-styled social justice non-profit) does not allow you to negotiate salary offers or raises. This is supposedly due to the fact that women tend to ask for raises less often, but in practice it means that everyone in the female dominated company is locked into martyrs wages. When I asked for a well…

I work at a fancy prep school, in the science department. When we needed a new department head, a woman with a neuroscience PhD and management experience applied. She didn’t get the post. It was given to a man, with a Bachelor’s degree, with no leadership experience, who did 👏 not 👏 apply👏 for 👏the👏 position 👏.

I was the assistant to a division head of a private school. One year he ran for City Council, but wasn’t elected — I handled everything that happened in his absence, including leading assemblies for our division of the school: 325 students ages 7-13 in a room, and me in my 20's.... When he announced he was leaving…

Serious question, why do you think black women are paid less than white women?

Always remember:
HR works for the company, not for you.
Document everything you can.
You owe the company nothing.

My last full-time job was in a department that had started out all women when it first opened and was solidly 50-50 when I came on board, with men in the more senior roles. After just four months, they hired a junior guy underneath me (in a position I’d advocated hiring a more qualified woman for), then handed him…

All I will say is that H.R. is NOT your friend.

This is long, but it feels good to share:

I currently am self-employed (fuck yes!) and met my business partner at a job in 2011. She eventually took on a store management role at the bakery we met at. At first, it was still hourly pay with a few extras like car insurance being paid by the bakery with the requirement her car be used for deliveries (which…

I once was evaluated for a yearly raise and got a whopping 8 cent increase. This was from a corporation, so apparently the maximum raise we were allowed to get was 15 cents, and I was supposed to be grateful I would be taking home an extra dollar per paycheck. I quit the next week and the manager was very upset with…