Workplace Buzz: Today’s Headlines

Workplace Buzz on November 20, 2007 7:17 AM

Is it About More than Gender?
Recently I infuriated a lot of people by pointing out that, now that women are being allowed to do things that have traditionally been the province of men, they're really not doing all that well. Of course, I know it's the duty of everyone to ignore the facts and make women feel like they're just as capable as men, no matter what the results. It's not as important that a firefighter be able to carry a 150-lb. adult out of a burning building as it is for women not to feel left out of firefighting. Men’s News Daily

Paycheck Size May Mean Less Housework
The more money a married woman earns, the less housework she will do regardless of how much her spouse earns, according to a new study. A researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that big paychecks equal less cooking and cleaning in a study of 918 women in double-income families. Married women who made $40,000 or more a year spent nearly one hour less on housework per day than women who earned $10,000 or less, according to the findings based on data from the National Survey of Families and Households. Reuters

It’s Okay To Seek Help
Reporting to work at 2:30 a.m. to anchor the weekend morning news meant 12-hour shifts, not enough shut-eye and too much time away from her young daughter for Allison Hatcher. But the grueling schedule wasn't the toughest aspect of the young broadcaster's years paying her dues at the WKRN-Channel 2 news studio. The hardest part was asking her mom for help baby-sitting. "It was not easy," said Hatcher, who eventually worked her way into the coveted chair of evening anchor. (She now anchors the 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. newscasts.) "I consider myself very independent. I don't like to ask for help and rarely do." Tennessean.com

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