I quit my job today. No 10-step thread, no ‘I’m built different’ grindset. Just a tired nerd trying to figure out what’s next. If you wanna follow along while I stumble my way into the next chapter, I’d seriously appreciate the follow. 🫶📉➡️📈
When an elected representative comments on a report about pay in their own province, they should understand the difference between a statistical average and evidence of same-job pay discrimination. Conflating the two doesn’t clarify the issue... it muddies it 🙃
Sheilagh O’Leary was on Open Line yesterday pushing the new CCPA report on gender pay gaps in Atlantic Canada. She framed it as proof that women are still being paid less than men for the same work in 2026. That framing is ignorant of what the actual data shows.
A thread 👇
Treating a raw average earnings gap as simple proof of “women getting paid less for the same work” or declaring it shouldn’t exist in 2026 because of discrimination ignores basic realities around hours, career continuity, and where men and women actually work in Newfoundland and Labrador’s economy.