[Critique Group 1] Leonard's comments on Cleora's sub

[tuchyner5 at aol.com]

This piece  has one major flaw. 



It puts people into catagories. 



That’s fine, if we can depend on yourcatagories. 



As true and non-biased. 



However, I don’t think that we can. 



People don’t fall into these catagories reliably.  



I have my own prejudices. 



There are only two  kinds of people in the world. 



Those who can and do the job, 



and the other kind sell themselves but don’t dothe work. 



The latter group is paid better and gets the advancements.



If only I could rule the world; I’d sow the problem



.What are the jobs you are speaking of?



Some jobs have tasks ,



Gbut the important work is done in therelationships they nurture.




 


Cleora’s sub. For May 




 


496 words



Worthy of Their Hire



by C. S. Boyd




 


What is equal pay for the same work. If two peoplemake a product with the same material and workmanship, but one makes it in 15minutes and the other requires 30 minutes, is it equal work? If two people makethe same type of item in the same amount of time, but one person's item is notas well made, should both be paid the same?




 


We hear much these days about some groups notbeing paid as much as others for the same work. Our first response is likelythat people should receive the same pay for doing the same work. I would haveagreed a few years ago, but now I wonder. I've been using care givers for 20plus years, and I find that they mostly receive the same pay for showing up,they do not all provide the same work for that pay. Some put their mind totheir work and try their best to do as much as they can. Others take 3 shiftsto do the work another does in one shift. Some will be careful to do the jobright, others will make careless mistakes, and then the care receiver has topay for the time it takes for them to correct the error.




 


I find that when men serve as care givers, theyapproach the job as a number of tasks to be completed as well and as quickly aspossible. Most women approach the job more like a "ladies" dayout" and the tasks are just something to help pass the time rather than animportant job to be done. They waste a lot of time and usually do not completeeverything that may be on the list. In my experience, the male care givers areworth more and should be paid more than the female workers.




 


Salaries pay people for the job, but leaves theworker open to employers that add more and more work without fair compensation.Hourly pay allows workers to not do their best work while still getting paidfor doing the job. Maybe the long centuries of women staying at home to carefor children and the house has left them with the mental idea that one or twotasks completed in a day is good enough, and men had a job to get done and puttheir mind and body to work to complete it as soon as possible. What we need isa system that rewards people for doing the best work they can as efficiently aspossible.




 


Many women, I'm know, do the same quality ofwork as a man in the same job, but there are enough that don't to set thestandard of pay for all. The same is true with other groups that struggle forequal opportunity in the work place. The ones that sluff off and performpoorly, set the low standard of opportunity for all.



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