Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03


Mr.. Whitehead nH ansncr in this
column questions on marketing, buy
ing, selling, advertising, letter rriting,
business education. and on matters per
tanning 10 the choice Of rocdtion. All
questions pW be dnspcred IN the order
of receipt. No anonymous correspond
crce eau be acknowledged. Reader 8
initials only piH be published. II pill
take from four to fifteen days for rep'y
TO appear.
I work at place where ! do the same
than ] do. DO you consider It fair that !
should lose out because am 9 Girl? What
can girls do to rectify this Injustice,
IL you do the same amount of work
and assume the same amount of respon-
sibility you certainly deserve the same
pay. 7 sometimes find, however. that
while girl may hold a position similar
to that of a man. her production is not
equal in either amount or quality to his.
OF course, know this doesn't apply to
you. How to rectify this? Ask the
boss why you do not deserve equal pay
and then try to remove the reason IL
fou 'uu. SHuuu INV w nuNN gu ]
readers ideas on this.
am coming to you for adv.ce. WIN
matter: My husband s an expert in his
line treal estate. mortgages. trust funds,
ee %T @Tm G%s +" as
arted at about $500 year and now he
gets less than s2SOO, He is the soul OF
selfish and generous to fault, yet when
ever there Ia an office created or vacancy
to be filled higher w they either bring in
came along after him In the higher posi-
ton. lie is dTeadtully Discouraged and i
has been offered other positions by mon
who know his sterling worth. but has al
religion to him and he has done everything
! In his power TO further its success-many
You help me %' d'ssnosa this case? Hjs work
must be satisfactory or he wouldn't have
been advanced He has no obnoxious habits
keeps that friend for life. He has exrcu.
tive ability; because hc has been. leader
Nov, what would YOU do personally II II
your reply and trust you will forgive such
think that the trouble with your
husband is that he is too easy" He
let's other people impose upon him.
There il type Of person who is q good.
enthusiastic worker. but who lacks suf
ficient initiative to do anything differ.
ent from what he is told to do. and
who. when good position is open. lacks
the aggrPssivencsS to bid for it. Usually
when a man has been with a concern
as long as your husband has he is
afraid Of losing his job and hesitates to
boldly ask for what are his rights. for
fear his boss might say. 'If you dom
like what you have you can get out. -
! should say that your husband has
beer with his present concern too long
and were ! in your place | would try
to supply a spur to aggressive ambition
and urge him to look around for another
joD. He probably is afraid that il ht
assumes new position he may not
make good and lose it. But il he has
the right staff in him he ought to have
enough confidence in himself to put il
! to the test. If he is really a good man
he should ask for what he wants and
let his firm know very plainly that
unless they have a future for him ht
! will look around for something else
/ must warn you, however, that your
problem is very difficult. for when q
man has stayed put" as it were. for
twenty five years it is quite difficult
TO regalzanize his abilities into activi
Tties.