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Re: Gender and Tech Writing (Any info on Toronto?)
Subject:Re: Gender and Tech Writing (Any info on Toronto?) From:John Posada <posada -at- FAXSAV -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:23:15 -0400
> By the way, Laurel, the guys down the hall aren't making forty cents
> more than you per hour, they're making forty cents on the dollar more!
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Mary...let's do some math
If Laurel is making $30 per hour, does that mean that the guys down
the hall are making $42 per hour?
$30 + (30 X .40) = $42
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