Girls on the scaffolding

Women on building sites: That’s old hat. under communism, even if female bricklayers did 200 pct of their daily workload, they would still be out-performed by their male colleagues. today, women in this sector are equally as good as men, but encounter greater problemsEmil GóreckiWe are not accustomed to seeing women on construction sites, and yet they are already making inroads into the design, supervision and management side of this industry. They cope just as well as their male colleagues… but inevitably earn less. According to the Databank of Engineers, the average wage of a Polish male graduate engineer is more than PLN 4,600, while his female equivalent earns PLN 1,000 less but has to work harder in her post.Rubber boots instead of stilettos Eliza Wachowiec, a board member of developer Magnus Group, hasn’t noticed that women in the real estate industry are subject to discrimination. A large number of women are employed in her company, one of whom heads an overwh