sticky floor 粘地板
分类: 实用英语
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.
“粘地板”指的是一种不正规的商业惯例,让员工长年累月地拿着很低的薪水而又不给其任何晋升机会。就像“玻璃天花板”一样,“粘地板”是对员工职场挫败的一种比喻。
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.
许多被“粘”在“地板”上的员工都是女性,那些没有发言权、挣扎着平衡家庭生活和低收入工作的女性,那些已经沦为“工业饲料”的女性。