职场中最令人绝望的并不是“玻璃天花板”,而是sticky floor(粘地板),员工被迫长年累月地拿着可怜的一成不变的薪水而又看不到任何晋升机会,受害者通常为女性。
Sticky floor refers to unofficial business practices that keep workers in low-paying jobs that offer little chance for personal advancement. Like glass ceiling, sticky floor is a metaphor for the occupational frustrations of workers.
Many workers caught on the “sticky floor” are women, women who don’t have a voice, who are too busy trying to balance their family life with jobs and low incomes, who have become industrial fodder.
(中国日报网英语点津 陈丹妮)
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