Re: Sooo...
If you are 40 years old and have worked for ten years you will yes will have lower pay than somebody 40 years old who has worked for 20 years doing exactly the same thing in exactly the same job, regardless of why you have have worked less. Just as if you work 10-3 you will yes get paid less than somebody who works doing exactly the same 9-5. And as one of the touted "solutions" is "more work flexibility", then that will just excaberate the pay gap. If you take more and more advantange of flexible working to work less and less hours you WILL end up with a pay gap between yourself and somebody who does not take advantage of flexible working to work less.
Totally agree - I'd just add that there's more to flexible working than number of hours worked - I get to WFH up to one day a week (mine tend to bunch up a little so I'm in the office all week most weeks), and I get to move my start and finish time about around some core hours.
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