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Hurt Feelings? That'll be £16.7million, then...
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Came across this one via the blogs. According to the Grauniad; "A Muslim bank manager who claims she was accused of trying to sleep her way to the top is suing Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) for damages of £16.7m for sex, race and religious discrimination. Mona Awad, a married 29-year-old corporate manager, says that two of her bosses falsely accused her of having sex with a client, mocked her religion and made sexist remarks."
What the fucking fuck? I must admit I thought this was a wind-up when I first read about it. The former bank manager (violins at the ready, everyone!) is suing them for £16.7million plus £20k for "hurt feelings", whatever that crock of shit means. I wonder how exactly her sharks of choice came to this figure - she was on £40k a year, so this equates to her salary for approximately 417 years. This is nothing more than shameless money-grabbing, isn't it?
What is it about women and the banking sector? We've seen this so many times before. A woman earning a good salary in a bank leaves her job, shouts out "sexism" to the nearest lawyer who'll listen and the bank quietly coughs up a shitload of cash before having to go to court. Makes you wonder what goes on in the nation's banks, doesn't it? Such apparently rife sexism wouldn't be tolerated in any other industry. But £16.7million for it?!
What the fucking fuck? I must admit I thought this was a wind-up when I first read about it. The former bank manager (violins at the ready, everyone!) is suing them for £16.7million plus £20k for "hurt feelings", whatever that crock of shit means. I wonder how exactly her sharks of choice came to this figure - she was on £40k a year, so this equates to her salary for approximately 417 years. This is nothing more than shameless money-grabbing, isn't it?
What is it about women and the banking sector? We've seen this so many times before. A woman earning a good salary in a bank leaves her job, shouts out "sexism" to the nearest lawyer who'll listen and the bank quietly coughs up a shitload of cash before having to go to court. Makes you wonder what goes on in the nation's banks, doesn't it? Such apparently rife sexism wouldn't be tolerated in any other industry. But £16.7million for it?!
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The way things are at the moment, to pay someone the equivalent of 417 years wages is sickening!
I'd prefer it if the individual involved only got loss of earnings though, and the rest went towards running a regulatory body, or even to charity.
I think if a woman is discriminated against because of her gender in any workplace then it is right and just that she gets compensation. I think this should incorporate any damage to her credibility and the effect that might have on her future potential earnings (if her boss things she's a slag is he going to give her a promotion? I think not).
Compensation is a brilliant way to make people accountable. Of course people don't like it - you have to cough up - but imagine you were a business owner and cocked up and then have to pay out. Makes you make doubly sure that you're doing the right thing. Because if you're not bothered by it, are your employees who you can pretty much dismiss on the spot going to be arguing with you that you need to take such and such more seriously.
However, I think she's picked a high starting number in order to haggle it down, it's only a sensible thing to do. Also, the cynical side of me worries that it's the work culture that may have something to do with it - people are indoctrinated that to get ahead you need to do anything.
So I dunno. If you were given the chance to make £17m by catching your boss out, would you do it? Sure beats working 50+ hour weeks for £40k a year. Especially so if you work in a career where the psychology is "more profit = we're doing a good job", where you are rewarded for monetary gains all the time. It would become a case where if you were making money, it was a good deal, it didn't matter how you made it...