and promoted for their excellent work efforts. Tannen notes that even though women did feel there was something outside themselves that prevented them from advancing, the irony of it is that they also feel, more often than men, “all that was necessary for success was to do a great job, that superior performance would be recognized and rewarded” (Tannen 135). After being unceremoniously booted from her company after working overtime on the PG&E case, Erin realizes this is not the case at her company.
Erin then launches a campaign to get recognized for her efforts, partly by receiving inside information regarding the high-profile case and making her boss an offer he can’t refuse. In a scene that more than likely had many unrecognized and under-rewarded working mothers cheering, Brockovich wins back her job with a significant pay increase, benefits, and renewed respect from her boss. Erin demonstrates in one reaction, to a perceived insult that her firing is nothing
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