OUR WHY
Across industries, professionals from working class backgrounds get paid less, take longer to progress and feel that they can’t bring their authentic self to work. At the same time, socio-economic background and its consequences do not receive as much attention as the other strands across the diversity agenda.
We want to change that.
DID YOU KNOW
It takes the poorest families 5 generations, equal to 150 years, to reach just national average income (approximately £30,000 in the UK)
Working class graduates with a first class degree from a Russell Group university are still less likely to enter top occupations than a graduate from a privileged background with a 2:2
Even when they enter elite occupations, working class professionals earn 16% less than their middle class colleagues in the same set of jobs
Working class women earn on average £7500 less per year than privileged women in the same set of jobs
Black British individuals from working class backgrounds earn on average £6000 less per year than Black British colleagues from privileged backgrounds in the same set of jobs
& there is so much more! We discuss the above and industry specific inequalities in Season One so be sure to tune in
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