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Supermodel Erin O’Connor’s former personal assistant, Michelle Knox-Brown, is being charged with embezzlement after allegedly stealing more than £45,000 from her employer. The money reportedly came from a combination of charges on O’Connor’s credit cards, petty cash, and cab fares. Knox-Brown’s trial is slated to begin in London in March, and O’Connor has agreed to testify against her former assistant.
There is a “depressing vogue” for having fun at work. Methinks some people sound a little grumpy. – The Economist
Here are ten archetypes of bad bosses, including The Credit Hog and and The Put-Down Artist. Hmmm… why do these all sound so familiar? – Forbes
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps is finally out. But it doesn’t deliver as well as the original. (Note: do not click on this link if you are a spoilerphobe!) – AwardsPicks
Just because women are achieving pay parity doesn’t mean they’re achieving pay equality. Important distinction. – The New York Times
Sometimes, you have a horrible first day at work. But sometimes you can take that terrible first day and turn it into a really funny cartoon. – The Gloss
Women are leaving Wall Street at a much higher rate than men. Why? It has to do with a lot of factors, including institutionalized sexism and a desire to do something less evil for a living. – Wall Street Journal
I’m loving (in that “I appreciate its artistic merits” way, not in the “making so little money is awesome” way) this “minimum wage machine” created by artist Blake Fall-Conroy. You can check it out here. This description comes from his website:
The minimum wage machine allows anybody to work for minimum wage. Turning the crank will yield one penny every 5.04 seconds, for $7.15 an hour (NY state minimum wage). If the participant stops turning the crank, they stop receiving money. The machine’s mechanism and electronics are powered by the hand crank, and pennies are stored in a plexiglas box.
Hat tip: Jen Dziura
Today, CNN published a list of the ten best paying jobs for women. The jobs – lawyer, doctor, software developer – aren’t particularly surprising, but it’s the breakdown of info on each page of the article (it’s a slideshow) that reveals a less-awesome side to the results. For example, the #1 best paying job for women is, not surprisingly, CEO. I mean, that’s probably also the #1 job for men, too. Then, we get these fun stats to go along with it:
Women’s pay as % of men’s: 74.5%% of women in job vs. men: 24.3%
Wooo! Thanks for the reminder that women CEOs make more than any other women, but they still make less than dude CEOs! How encouraging. Well, what about other industries, you may ask? Let’s try pharmacists, #2 on the list:
Women’s pay as % of men’s: 75.5%% of women in job vs. men: 43%
Oh, huh. But that’s clearly just the top two jobs, right? I mean, once we get further down the ladder the ladies’ll balance things out. Let’s try #10, therapist. There are no stats at all. Oh, but there’s a handy link to this article.
It’s over. We lose. Back to blogging on the internets. I wonder how much guy bloggers make.
This article was cross-posted from TheGloss.
Are you infuriated by the fact that rich bankers get Washington bailouts and six-figure bonuses while you’re still scraping by? You are far from alone. Tim Hunkin, an English man who runs an arcade in Southwold, Suffolk realized there was a market for people who wanted to take out their frustration on capitalist pigs – so he created “Whack a Banker,” a game based on the popular “Whack a Mole,” where little heads of men in business suits pop out of holes, and you beat the hell out of them with a mallet. Hunkin, who charges a mere 40 pence per turn, is already raking in the cash.
”It’s proving very popular. I keep having to replace worn-out mallets.”
”And, of course, the bankers never really lose. If you win the game a banker’s voice says: ‘You win. We retire. Thank you very much to the taxpayer for paying our pensions’.”
I have got to schedule a trip out there.
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again – be careful what you post on Facebook and other social networking sites, because you never know who’s going to look at your profile. Now that the site has changed their privacy settings, it’s even easier for people to peek at your “private” photos and information. One Canadian woman recently learned this the very hard way. Nathalie Blanchard, who was on paid leave from her job for depression, lost her government benefits because the agent in charge of her case saw Facebook photos of Nathalie on vacation and partying. When her checks stopped coming, Nathalie called her insurance agent and found out why she’d lost her coverage.
For the record, Nathalie says that going on vacation was part of her treatment – after all, a nice sunny holiday can do wonders for depression, right?
