Swiss Bank Plays Prank on Men on Equal Pay Day

[babylonsister]

I bet this brought awareness!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/cheats/2013/04/11/swiss-bank-plays-prank-on-men-on-equal-pay-day.html

Swiss Bank Plays Prank on Men on Equal Pay Day
21 hours ago
Men could only withdraw 80 percent from ATM. Pissed-off reactions followed.


Did you celebrate Equal Pay Day? A Swiss bank certainly did—with a prank on its male customers. When male customers tried to withdraw 100 Swiss francs, they could only withdraw 80—since women make only 80 percent of what men do. The bank teamed up with a local women’s organization to bring awareness. The men received a note afterward explaining the prank, and they were given their missing money. But the reactions before they knew what was going on are pretty hilarious—much funnier than when women get their paycheck and realize they make 20 percent less than men for the same job.

[Bay Boy]

1. Can I have a quick example of...

...a job that pays a woman 80% of what a man in the same job pays?

[lumberjack_jeff]

4. +1 n/t

[dsc]

6. the one Lilly Ledbetter had

I don't recall exactly what she did but she made less for the exact same job.

[Marrah_G]

9. There is plenty of information on the internet

Every post does not need to be an essay with a bibliography.

[Hekate]

10. In the US it is still about 77 cents on the dollar. Seriously, you cannot have missed the debate

Floods of information over the past 40 years -- all available on the intertubes. Google is your friend.

[Bay Boy]

11. Google is indeed my friend...

...in fact I consider Google to be one of my best buddies.

I'm well aware of the discrepancy that you mentioned, I just would like to know specific examples.

I was given one, I'm sure there must be more examples out there.

[Egalitarian Thug]

2. K&R I thought it was funny. n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. It shall hereafter be named "get a new bank day". n/t

[Bay Boy]

5. I agree with that...

[JimDandy]

7. No harm, no foul.

While the tactic was startling it did what it was designed to do.

I'd rather have a bank that helps to raise awareness on social inequality issues than a bank like Wells Fargo, or B of A, who simply screw over millions of us for profit through illegal (forgery) or questionable (derivatives) means.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Yep.