Ex-WSJ staffer: I quit because of gender pay gap

Elva Ramirez writes about why she quit The Wall Street Journal after working there for 10 years.

Ramirez writes, “Last August, I celebrated working ten years at The Wall Street Journal. I also quit, because I was making about $13,000 less than some of my male colleagues.

“I was one of three live show producers on the WSJ video team. We did everything. We booked guests and wrote scripts. We worked with editors and the control room. We picked up guests and escorted them to makeup. We commissioned graphics and sourced photos. We wrote banners, bios, and on-screen titles. We wrote the headlines and copy for the video clips. We didn’t have daily deadlines — in live TV, your deadlines come in minutes.

“We all worked really hard, every single day, to deliver world-class WSJ video. While we all had different career backgrounds, no one outranked anyone else.

“We were all equal when it came to having the same workflows, the same deadlines, and the same expectations from the bosses.

“We were also all paid wildly different salaries.”

Read more here. The Journal’s parent has been investigating gender pay discrepancies after the union that represents staffers reported earlier this year that it was an issue.