Candidate 1 - 25 y.o. married male, Ivy League 4.0 graduate with a Masters and no experience. Casually mentions that he plans to start a family within the next 5 years
Candidate 2 - 25 y.o. married female, Ivy League 4.0 graduate with a Masters and no experience. Casually mentions that she plans to start a family within the next 5 years
who do you hire when all things are equal. Both of equal qualifications and experience, both have great personalities, the ONLY difference is one is male and one is female. Also, give your reasoning.
I'd hire the male over the female
Reason - all things equal, the male is a better economic choice. Not because you can pay him more or less than the female, but because eventually, when both start their respective families, it's GARANTEED she will have to take some time off for maternity leave. During which time you, as the boss, will have to either make someone else pick up her slack while she's out, hire a temp replacement, or possibly replace her completely, thereby having to retrain another new employee. All of which are economic losses.
The man won't take maternity leave.
All other things are equal... possibility of person leaving the company, or not being as good a worker as you had initially thought, illness possibilities, death..... all those cancel each other out, but pregnancy.... that's the one thing you don't have to worry about with a man
Candidate 2 - 25 y.o. married female, Ivy League 4.0 graduate with a Masters and no experience. Casually mentions that she plans to start a family within the next 5 years
who do you hire when all things are equal. Both of equal qualifications and experience, both have great personalities, the ONLY difference is one is male and one is female. Also, give your reasoning.
I'd hire the male over the female
Reason - all things equal, the male is a better economic choice. Not because you can pay him more or less than the female, but because eventually, when both start their respective families, it's GARANTEED she will have to take some time off for maternity leave. During which time you, as the boss, will have to either make someone else pick up her slack while she's out, hire a temp replacement, or possibly replace her completely, thereby having to retrain another new employee. All of which are economic losses.
The man won't take maternity leave.
All other things are equal... possibility of person leaving the company, or not being as good a worker as you had initially thought, illness possibilities, death..... all those cancel each other out, but pregnancy.... that's the one thing you don't have to worry about with a man