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> risk averse during interviews which accumulates over the years Careful now, that may be a commonly held belief but is also wrong. There are far more reasons
by nness 11y ago
> risk averse during interviews which accumulates over the years
Careful now, that may be a commonly held belief but is also wrong. There are far more reasons why the pay gap exists and you can't simply clump it all together and blame it on the stereotypical view that women have an innate inability to negotiate as well as men.
- BogusIKnow 11y agoThanks, I should put in another "from my experience of 20 years of IT recruiting and mentoring women" to make it clear I'm not generalizing and what I'm talking about. As a sidenote your comment about the ability of women to negotiate was not what I've said. There is a distinction between risk aversity and negotiation ability. [Edit: Science is murky here, some studies claim to have found evidence, others claim that women are better negotiators. One I found interesting, can't find it, said women are better negotiators but do not start negotiating when it is not clear that they can, but man do negotiate salaries there too.]
- mst 11y agoThey specifically said "one of many reasons" - I'm unsure what you're disagreeing with?