Salary Advocacy Pillows

Number of Days Without a Rise

"I've never said this to a woman before, but here goes: We're not paying you enough."

'It's not fair. Women doing the same job I'm doing in this office are being paid more than I am!'

"Why, if it isn't Henshaw caught in the Overtime Warp again."

'Sex discrimination? What are you talking about?'

'Yes,we have equal pay in that we are grossly underpaid, all of us.'

'Are you picky about preferring something with a livable wage?'

"Oh, I can be dependable, and for another £200 a week, I can be productive too."

'A word in my office Jones.'

"Ha! Today we informed the boss about our rights!"

Help. High performing teacher trapped in low performing pay scale.

'If CEO pay packets aren't a problem, why doesn't everyone get one?'

Income inequality vs Income Diversity.

"She's always like this at this time of the month!"

You earn too much! Executives vs Unions.

'The problem is, you don't take enough pride in your temporary, no benefit, below living wage job!'

"There are 45,000 people at the stadium but only 500 of them bought tickets...the other ones are security guards for our 250 million euro player!"

"Equal pay? Good grief, I remember when we could get away with a few shiny beads and bits of mirror!"

"I agree you're due for a raise, and when you leave my office, you'll still be due for a raise!"

'Look, I agree that you deserve the same salary as your male counterparts, but I have a responsibility to defend the traditional pay structure.'

"The 'wage gap' mostly disappears when you control for the fact that women work far fewer hours than men."

"Boss, my living wage is on life support!"

"The raise I'm asking for isn't just about me. It's about shrinking the income gap."

"According to our records, we gave you a raise 15 years ago. And now you've requested another one? Greed is not a quality we like in our employees."

Executive pay.

Flunkey asking for a larger salary and not happy to be compared to a lower order of clergy

"...as far as most of us are concerned you're just one of the chaps!"

'Shouldn't you be marking our homework ?'

"I can start you on minimal wage."

"There is equal pay for equal work. We all receive substandard salaries."

"We don't disclose what we pay until you sign a contract committing to work for us for a year."

Help. High performing teacher trapped in low performing pay scale.

"And remember Miss Wilson, if you have any sexual harassment from anybody below director level, let me know."