Sticky floor refers to unofficial business practices that keep workers in low-paying jobs that offer little chance for personal advancement¹. Like glass ceiling, sticky floor is a metaphor² for the occupational frustrations³ 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 fodder⁴.

 

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。