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The pay factor is definitely something that should be looked at more. I should not have find out, after talking to any woman in tech who has a passion for it, t

The pay factor is definitely something that should be looked at more. I should not have find out, after talking to any woman in tech who has a passion for it, that they're basically just barely able to make it when others with the same duties at the same or other companies make a livable wage.

SloughFeg 10y ago
Young women in software get paid 7% more than young men. http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/12/pf/gender-pay-gap/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/12/pf/gender-pay-gap/ Where does this pay gap start to come into play?
- GrinningFool 10y ago
  While the salary trend in new hires out of school is an encouraging sign, your comment seems rather selective: the rest of the article you linked points out that in every situation other than "just out of college with no experience" the pay gap is real: > Overall, women hired for jobs in technology, sales and marking were offered > salaries that were 3% less than what men were offered, but at some companies the > gender pay gap was as high as 30%, the study showed. > Men received higher salary offers for the same job title at the same company 69% > of the time
  - maerF0x0 10y ago
    Another article: http://qa.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/apr/09/genevieve-wood/what-pay-gap-young-women-out-earn-men-cities-gop-p/ http://qa.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/apr/09/g... it seems the pay gap is more an age thing. When we say give women equal pay, we should be saying "give older women equal pay" . This makes me think its a lagging metric that will be solved as todays 20 somethings become 40 and 60 year olds. If we want to accelerate the solution its not to give young womena a raise, but older women. Its also hard because depending on how the numbers are calculated it maybe fair to pay older women less once you account for a lifetime of choosing lifestyle over earning potential as many note women vs men typically do.

SloughFeg 10y ago

Young women in software get paid 7% more than young men. http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/12/pf/gender-pay-gap/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/12/pf/gender-pay-gap/ Where does this pay gap start to come into play?

GrinningFool 10y ago
While the salary trend in new hires out of school is an encouraging sign, your comment seems rather selective: the rest of the article you linked points out that in every situation other than "just out of college with no experience" the pay gap is real: > Overall, women hired for jobs in technology, sales and marking were offered > salaries that were 3% less than what men were offered, but at some companies the > gender pay gap was as high as 30%, the study showed. > Men received higher salary offers for the same job title at the same company 69% > of the time
- maerF0x0 10y ago
  Another article: http://qa.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/apr/09/genevieve-wood/what-pay-gap-young-women-out-earn-men-cities-gop-p/ http://qa.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/apr/09/g... it seems the pay gap is more an age thing. When we say give women equal pay, we should be saying "give older women equal pay" . This makes me think its a lagging metric that will be solved as todays 20 somethings become 40 and 60 year olds. If we want to accelerate the solution its not to give young womena a raise, but older women. Its also hard because depending on how the numbers are calculated it maybe fair to pay older women less once you account for a lifetime of choosing lifestyle over earning potential as many note women vs men typically do.